Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDR000856
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE - GAITHERSBURG, Gaithersburg, MD: NPDES MDR000856 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE - GAITHERSBURG, held by United Parcel Service - Gaithersburg, holds NPDES permit MDR000856, which discharges to Potomac River. EPA’s file records it issued March 21, 2024 and expiring January 31, 2028. 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.
What the register holds for UNITED PARCEL SERVICE - GAITHERSBURG: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Gaithersburg, Maryland, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MDR000856.
Identity
| Facility as filed | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE - GAITHERSBURG |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | United Parcel Service - Gaithersburg |
| NPDES ID | MDR000856 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 21, 2024 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2028 |
| Issuing agency | MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMEN |
| Address | Gaithersburg, MD 20877 |
| Receiving water | POTOMAC RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Muddy Branch (HUC 020700081001) |
| SIC | 4215 – Courier Services, Except By Air |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MDD985421973; ICIS-AIR source MD0000002403102008 |
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
- 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 MDR000856.
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 MDR000856.
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 October 14, 2026.