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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDR003656

SMITH AND NEPHEW, INC, Columbia, MD: NPDES MDR003656 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SMITH AND NEPHEW, INC, held by SMITH AND NEPHEW, INC - OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS, INC, holds NPDES permit MDR003656. EPA’s file records it issued October 3, 2022 and expiring December 31, 2027. 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.

What the register holds for SMITH AND NEPHEW, INC: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Columbia, Maryland. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MDR003656.

Identity

Facility as filedSMITH AND NEPHEW, INC
Permittee as filedSMITH AND NEPHEW, INC - OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS, INC
NPDES IDMDR003656
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 3, 2022
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2027
Issuing agencyMARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AddressColumbia, MD 21046
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedDorsey Run-Little Patuxent River (HUC 020600060202)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MDR000528002

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MDR003656.

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 MDR003656.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

The SMITH AND NEPHEW, INC permit in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland, is one of 68 general permit coverages in Howard County, and 41.2% of those coverages have a violation on file. The permit sits within the Dorsey Run-Little Patuxent River subwatershed, which holds 44 NPDES permits including this one, and it records 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.