Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDR003054
HOWARD CO ALPHA RIDGE LANDFILL, Marriottsville, MD: NPDES MDR003054 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HOWARD CO ALPHA RIDGE LANDFILL, held by Howard County DPW, holds NPDES permit MDR003054, which discharges to Little Patuxent River. EPA’s file records it issued September 16, 2015 and expiring December 31, 2018. 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 | HOWARD CO ALPHA RIDGE LANDFILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Howard County DPW |
| NPDES ID | MDR003054 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | September 16, 2015 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Address | Marriottsville, MD 21104 |
| Receiving water | Little Patuxent River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Dorsey Run-Little Patuxent River (HUC 020600060202) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MD0000192971; ICIS-AIR source MD0000002402700364 |
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
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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 | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDR003054.
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 MDR003054.
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.