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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDR000192

DEPARTMENT OF PW MAINTENANCE, Cambridge, MD: NPDES MDR000192 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DEPARTMENT OF PW MAINTENANCE, held by Dorchester County Department of Public Works, holds NPDES permit MDR000192, which discharges to Lower Choptank. EPA’s file records it issued February 20, 2024 and expiring January 31, 2028.

DEPARTMENT OF PW MAINTENANCE, Cambridge, Maryland: Coverage under a general permit MDR000192, held by Dorchester County Department of Public Works; Effective; issued February 20, 2024, term to January 31, 2028, by MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIROMENT; discharges to LOWER CHOPTANK.

  • Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

DEPARTMENT OF PW MAINTENANCE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 9 discharge permits in the Bolingbroke Creek-Choptank River subwatershed (HUC 020600050502), MDR000192 among them. Its county holds 48, 2 of them major permits; MDR000192 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Bolingbroke Creek-Choptank River subwatershed (HUC 020600050502)

  • AERO ENERGY, Centreville: MDG344567, minor permit, discharging to CHESTER RIVER, permit term to April 22, 2002
  • CAMBRIDGE WWTP, Cambridge: MD0021636, major permit, discharging to CHOPTANK RIVER, permit term to July 31, 2021
  • CAMBRIDGE WWTP, Cambridge: MDL021636, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
  • CARROLL MOTOR FUELS 2570, Cambridge: MDG919151, minor permit, permit term to October 21, 2029
  • CUSTOM WELDING & FABRICATION, INC, Cambridge: MDR003913, minor permit, discharging to lower choptank, permit term to January 31, 2028
  • JEFF MENKE, Trappe: MDG870135, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2025
  • LITTLE YORK FARM JAMES GANNON III, Trappe: MDG870218, minor permit, discharging to LOWER CHOPTANK RIVER, permit term to March 31, 2025
  • USALCO CAMBRIDGE FACILITY, Cambridge: MDR003442, minor permit, discharging to LOWER CHOPTANK, permit term to December 31, 2024

Identity

Facility as filedDEPARTMENT OF PW MAINTENANCE
Permittee as filedDorchester County Department of Public Works
NPDES IDMDR000192
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 20, 2024
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2028
Issuing agencyMARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIROMENT
AddressCambridge, MD 21613
Receiving waterLOWER CHOPTANK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBolingbroke Creek-Choptank River (HUC 020600050502)
SIC1611 – Highway And Street Construction
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source MD0000002401900124

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
Solids, total suspended330
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]330
Phosphorus, total [as P]330

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDR000192.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MDR000192.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MDR000192.

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 MDR000192.

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit MDR000192, held by Dorchester County Department of Public Works for its Cambridge, MD facility, with a status of Effective and a Minor Discharger class 3 designation. The figures listed are 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued February 20, 2024 and expiring January 31, 2028.