Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0000175
EAST MILLINOCKET TOWN OF, East Millinocket, ME: NPDES ME0000175 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EAST MILLINOCKET TOWN OF, held by GNP EAST, INC., holds NPDES permit ME0000175, which discharges to West Branch Penobscot River. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2011 and expiring May 31, 2016. 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 | EAST MILLINOCKET TOWN OF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GNP EAST, INC. |
| NPDES ID | ME0000175 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 1, 2011 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2016 |
| Address | East Millinocket, ME 04430 |
| Receiving water | West Branch Penobscot River |
| Subwatershed | Lower West Branch Penobscot River (HUC 010200011007) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MED001098011 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 50 | 5 | December 31, 2015 | 120% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 38 | 2 | June 30, 2014 | 170% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 6 | 2 | June 30, 2011 | 128% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 53 | 1 | May 31, 2004 | 15% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2015 | 13% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 100 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 96 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Flow, process wastewater | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 10Day Chronic Salvel. Salmonid | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Salvel. Salmonid | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Analytical Chemistry | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temp. difference, summer [deg. F] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 ME0000175.
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.