Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDR002520

SIMS METAL - 3117 VERA, Baltimore, MD: NPDES MDR002520 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SIMS METAL - 3117 VERA, held by Sims ARG, INC, holds NPDES permit MDR002520. EPA’s file records it issued March 26, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 SIMS METAL - 3117 VERA: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Baltimore, Maryland. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MDR002520.

Identity

Facility as filed	SIMS METAL - 3117 VERA
Permittee as filed	Sims ARG, INC
NPDES ID	MDR002520
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 26, 2020
Expiration date	December 31, 2025
Issuing agency	MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Address	Baltimore, MD 21226
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Northwest Harbor-Patapsco River (HUC 020600031203)
NAICS	531190 – Lessors of Other Real Estate Property

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

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 MDR002520.

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 MDR002520.

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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Nearby on the register

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

SIMS METAL - 3117 VERA is one of 108 general permit coverages in Baltimore city on EPA's NPDES register, and 30.6% of those coverages carry an earlier issue date than this one. The permit sits among 66 NPDES permits in the Northwest Harbor-Patapsco River subwatershed, this one included. Its register entry lists no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance, while 32.4% of the Baltimore city general permit coverages have a violation on file.