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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDG915996

CHESTER RIVER HOSPITAL CENTER, Chestertown, MD: NPDES MDG915996 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHESTER RIVER HOSPITAL CENTER, held by Earth Data, Inc., holds NPDES permit MDG915996, which discharges to Middle Chester River. EPA’s file records it issued February 7, 2008 and expiring December 12, 2012. 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 filedCHESTER RIVER HOSPITAL CENTER
Permittee as filedEarth Data, Inc.
NPDES IDMDG915996
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 7, 2008
Expiration dateDecember 12, 2012
Issuing agencyMaryland Department of The Environment
AddressChestertown, MD 21620
Receiving waterMiddle Chester River
SubwatershedMiddle Chester River (HUC 020600020408)
SIC4953 – Refuse Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MDR000020461; ICIS-AIR source MD0000002402900008

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable2511June 30, 2003187% over the limit
Naphthalene2560
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2550
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]2200
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination2200
Toluene2200
Benzene2200
Ethylbenzene2200
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]2200

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 MDG915996.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MDG915996.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MDG915996.

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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CHESTER RIVER HOSPITAL CENTER, Chestertown, Maryland: Coverage under a general permit MDG915996, held by Earth Data, Inc.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 7, 2008, term to December 12, 2012, by Maryland Department of The Environment; discharges to Middle Chester River.

  • Petrol hydrocarbons, total recoverable: 2 limits, 51 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2003, largest 187% over the limit.
  • Naphthalene: 2 limits, 56 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 55 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]: 2 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination: 2 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toluene: 2 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzene: 2 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Ethylbenzene: 2 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Xylene [mix of m+o+p]: 2 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

CHESTER RIVER HOSPITAL CENTER among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 10 discharge permits in the Middle Chester River subwatershed (HUC 020600020408), MDG915996 among them. Its county holds 24, 0 of them major permits; MDG915996 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Middle Chester River subwatershed (HUC 020600020408)

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MDG915996, held by Earth Data, Inc. for CHESTER RIVER HOSPITAL CENTER in Chestertown, MD, which discharges to the Middle Chester River within watershed HUC 020600020408. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 9, 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.