Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDR003049

NICHOLSON DROP-OFF CENTER, Chestertown, MD: NPDES MDR003049 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

NICHOLSON DROP-OFF CENTER, held by COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF KENT COUNTY, holds NPDES permit MDR003049, which discharges to Unamed Tributary To Farlee Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 30, 2024 and expiring January 31, 2028. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filed	NICHOLSON DROP-OFF CENTER
Permittee as filed	COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF KENT COUNTY
NPDES ID	MDR003049
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	January 30, 2024
Expiration date	January 31, 2028
Issuing agency	MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Address	Chestertown, MD 21620
Receiving water	UNAMED TRIBUTARY TO FARLEE CREEK
Subwatershed	Fairlee Creek-Upper Chesapeake Bay (HUC 020600020502)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler MDR000517029

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
2With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

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 measure	Limits	Violations, any kind
Suspended Solids, Total	2	12
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	2	12
Solids, total suspended	1	0
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]	1	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDR003049.

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 MDR003049.

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 September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MDR003049 for the Nicholson Drop-Off Center in Chestertown, MD, held by the County Commissioners of Kent County and listed as Effective with a Minor Discharger class 4 status. The facts list 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued January 30, 2024 and expiring January 31, 2028 in the watershed HUC 020600020502.