Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDR003159

OCEAN CITY PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX, Ocean City, MD: NPDES MDR003159 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
1Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

OCEAN CITY PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX, held by MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, holds NPDES permit MDR003159, which discharges to Assawoman. EPA’s file records it issued March 27, 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	OCEAN CITY PUBLIC WORKS COMPLEX
Permittee as filed	MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TOWN OF OCEAN CITY
NPDES ID	MDR003159
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 27, 2024
Expiration date	January 31, 2028
Issuing agency	MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Address	Ocean City, MD 21842
Receiving water	ASSAWOMAN
Subwatershed	Assawoman Bay (HUC 020403030303)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler MDD985420769

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

1Pollutants on file
1Under a numeric limit
1With 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	1	9	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDR003159.

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 MDR003159.

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 NPDES permit MDR003159 for the Ocean City Public Works Complex in Ocean City, MD, held by Mayor and City Council Town of Ocean City and discharging to Assawoman. The facts list a Minor Discharger class, an Effective permit status, 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued March 27, 2024 and expires January 31, 2028.