Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDR003767

135 REFUSE AND RECYCLING SITE, Swanton, MD: NPDES MDR003767 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
2Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

135 REFUSE AND RECYCLING SITE, held by GARRETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, holds NPDES permit MDR003767, which discharges to Potomac River Upper North Branch. EPA’s file records it issued January 24, 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	135 REFUSE AND RECYCLING SITE
Permittee as filed	GARRETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
NPDES ID	MDR003767
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	January 24, 2024
Expiration date	January 31, 2028
Issuing agency	MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Address	Swanton, MD 21561
Receiving water	POTOMAC RIVER UPPER NORTH BRANCH

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

2Pollutants on file
2Under 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	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended	1	1	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	1	1	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDR003767.

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 MDR003767.

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 MDR003767, held by GARRETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS for the 135 REFUSE AND RECYCLING SITE in Swanton, MD, which discharges to the POTOMAC RIVER UPPER NORTH BRANCH. The permit is listed as Effective and was issued January 24, 2024, with an expiration date of January 31, 2028. The page reports 2 pollutants on file, 2 under a numeric limit, 2 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.