Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDR000160

COLONIAL METALS, Elkton, MD: NPDES MDR000160 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

COLONIAL METALS, held by Colonial Metals, holds NPDES permit MDR000160. EPA’s file records it issued January 27, 2003 and expiring November 30, 2007.

COLONIAL METALS, Elkton, Maryland: Coverage under a general permit MDR000160, held by Colonial Metals; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 27, 2003, term to November 30, 2007, by MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

COLONIAL METALS among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 15 discharge permits in the Little Elk Creek subwatershed (HUC 020600020202), MDR000160 among them. Its county holds 76, 0 of them major permits; MDR000160 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Little Elk Creek subwatershed (HUC 020600020202)

CECO UTILITIES,INC. WATER SYS., Cherry Hill: MDG679474, minor permit, discharging to LITTLE ELK CREEK, permit term to August 27, 2005
EAST NOTTINGHAM TWP MS4, Oxford: PAI130055, minor permit, discharging to West Branch Big Elk Creek, permit term to January 31, 2027
ELKTON PLANT, Elkton: MDG499726, minor permit, discharging to Big Elk CREEK, permit term to April 30, 2015
FLUORON, INC, Elkton: MDR000015, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2030
LANGSTON SUBDIV, Oxford: PAD150133, minor permit, permit term to March 7, 2026
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Cecil County: MD0000078, minor permit, discharging to ELK RIVER AREA, permit term to March 31, 2020
PARADISE AUTO PARTS, INC, Elkton: MDR001148, minor permit, discharging to UPPER ELK RIVER, permit term to November 30, 2007
TERUMO MEDICAL CORPORATION, Elkton: MDG679761, minor permit, discharging to LITTLE ELK CREEK, permit term to July 31, 2025
THERMOFORMING PROCESS PRODUCTS, Elkton: MDR003962, minor permit, permit term to February 19, 2031
TRIUMPH INDUSTRIAL PARK, Elkton: MD0024929, minor permit, discharging to LITTLE ELK CREEK, permit term to August 31, 2008

What the register holds for COLONIAL METALS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Elkton, Maryland. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MDR000160.

Identity

Facility as filed	COLONIAL METALS
Permittee as filed	Colonial Metals
NPDES ID	MDR000160
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	January 27, 2003
Expiration date	November 30, 2007
Issuing agency	MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Address	Elkton, MD 21921
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Little Elk Creek (HUC 020600020202)

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MDR000160.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MDR000160.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MDR000160.

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 MDR000160.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MDR000160, held by Colonial Metals in Elkton, MD, issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment on January 27, 2003 and expiring November 30, 2007, with an administratively continued status. The listed figures are a minor discharger class of 0, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.