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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDG499861

SPENCER SAND & GRAVEL-EASTSIDE, Abingdon, MD: NPDES MDG499861 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SPENCER SAND & GRAVEL-EASTSIDE, held by SPENCER SAND & GRAVEL,INC., holds NPDES permit MDG499861, which discharges to Bush River. EPA’s file records it issued February 12, 2001 and expiring October 16, 2005. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedSPENCER SAND & GRAVEL-EASTSIDE
Permittee as filedSPENCER SAND & GRAVEL,INC.
NPDES IDMDG499861
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 12, 2001
Expiration dateOctober 16, 2005
AddressAbingdon, MD 21009
Receiving waterBUSH RIVER
SubwatershedBush River (HUC 020600030106)
SIC1423 – Crushed And Broken Granite

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended637622June 30, 2007209% over the limit
Solids, settleable31825March 31, 20021,600% over the limit
pH63573March 31, 2005
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant63540

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MDG499861.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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What this page shows

This EPA public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit MDG499861, held by SPENCER SAND & GRAVEL,INC. for the SPENCER SAND & GRAVEL-EASTSIDE facility in Abingdon, MD, which discharges to the Bush River within watershed HUC 020600030106. The permit, issued February 12, 2001 and expiring October 16, 2005, is listed as administratively continued, with 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.