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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDL063878

CELANESE WWTP, Cumberland, MD: NPDES MDL063878 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CELANESE WWTP, held by ALLEGANY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, holds NPDES permit MDL063878. 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 filedCELANESE WWTP
Permittee as filedALLEGANY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
NPDES IDMDL063878
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeAssociated permit record
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramBiosolids
IssuedJanuary 1, 2021
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2025
AddressCumberland, MD 21502
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMill Run-North Branch Potomac River (HUC 020700020403)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source MD0000002400100226

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]0600
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]0600
Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]0600
Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se]0480
Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge0480
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]0480
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]0480
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]0480
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]0480
Hydrocarbons, total gas chromatograph0120
Annual whole sludge application rate0120
Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As]0120
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]0120
Pollutant table from 503.130120
Level of pathogen requirements achieved0120
Description of pathogen option used0120
Vector attraction reduction alternative used0120
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method030
Annual amt of sludge incinerated020
Annual sludge production, total020
Annual amount of sludge land applied020
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit020
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill020

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDL063878.

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 MDL063878.

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 public-records page covers NPDES permit MDL063878 for the CELANESE WWTP in Cumberland, MD, held by ALLEGANY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, with the permit status shown as administratively continued. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025.