Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDL021563
COMMISSIONERS OF ABERDEEN, Aberdeen, MD: NPDES MDL021563 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COMMISSIONERS OF ABERDEEN holds NPDES permit MDL021563. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 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 filed | COMMISSIONERS OF ABERDEEN |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COMMISSIONERS OF ABERDEEN |
| NPDES ID | MDL021563 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Associated permit record |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Biosolids |
| Issued | January 1, 2021 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2025 |
| Address | Aberdeen, MD 21001 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Swan Creek-Chesapeake Bay (HUC 020600030201) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MDR000510610; ICIS-AIR source MD0000002402500283 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 2With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 40 | 1 | September 30, 2006 | 20% over the limit |
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 27 | 1 | December 31, 1999 | 100% over the limit |
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Hydrocarbons, total gas chromatograph | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MDL021563.
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.