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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDR002540

TOWSON UNIVERSITY, MARYLAND, Towson, MD: NPDES MDR002540 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TOWSON UNIVERSITY, MARYLAND, held by TOWSON UNIVERSITY STATE OF MARYLAND, holds NPDES permit MDR002540, which discharges to Jones Falls. EPA’s file records it issued January 23, 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 TOWSON UNIVERSITY, MARYLAND: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Towson, Maryland, its receiving water, and 2 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MDR002540.

Identity

Facility as filedTOWSON UNIVERSITY, MARYLAND
Permittee as filedTOWSON UNIVERSITY STATE OF MARYLAND
NPDES IDMDR002540
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 23, 2024
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2028
Issuing agencyMARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AddressTowson, MD 21252
Receiving waterJONES FALLS
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedJones Falls (HUC 020600031201)
SIC8221 – Colleges And Universities
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MDD050793926; ICIS-AIR source MD0000002400500324

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

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 suspended100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDR002540.

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 MDR002540.

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.

What this page shows

The page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MDR002540, held by TOWSON UNIVERSITY, MARYLAND in Towson, MD, which discharges to Jones Falls. The permit is listed as Effective, a Minor discharger class, with 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.