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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDG679769

KOONTZ WELL, Westminster, MD: NPDES MDG679769 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KOONTZ WELL, held by CITY OF WESTMINSTER, holds NPDES permit MDG679769, which discharges to Unamed Tributary To The West Brach Of Patapsco Riv. EPA’s file records it issued August 22, 2023 and expiring July 31, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedKOONTZ WELL
Permittee as filedCITY OF WESTMINSTER
NPDES IDMDG679769
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 22, 2023
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2025
Issuing agencyMARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AddressWestminster, MD 21157
Receiving waterUNAMED TRIBUTARY TO THE WEST BRACH OF PATAPSCO RIV
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHeadwaters North Branch Patapsco River (HUC 020600030802)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Dichlorobromomethane020
Carbon tetrachloride020
Bromoform020
Dibromochloromethane020
Chloroform020
Toluene020
Benzene020
Ethylbenzene020
Methyl bromide [Bromomethane]020
Methylene chloride020
Tetrachloroethylene020
1,1-Dichloroethylene020
1,1,2-Trichloroethane020
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane020
1,2-Dichloroethane, total weight020
1,2-Dichloropropane020
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene020
1,3-Dichlorobenzene020
Naphthalene020
Vinyl chloride020
Trichloroethylene020
Volatile Organic Compound [VOC]020
Hydrocarbons, total petroleum020
Flow, total020

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDG679769.

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 MDG679769.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

The KOONTZ WELL general permit coverage, held by CITY OF WESTMINSTER in Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, is one of 39 general permit coverages in Carroll County, and 76.9% of those 39 coverages, this one included, carry an earlier issue date than it does. The permit sits within the Headwaters North Branch Patapsco River subwatershed, where 8 NPDES permits, this one included, are on file. Its record shows 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.