Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0001074
PALERMO REARING STATION FISH HATCHERY, Palermo, ME: NPDES ME0001074 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PALERMO REARING STATION FISH HATCHERY, held by ME INLAND FISHERIES & WILDLIFE, holds NPDES permit ME0001074, which discharges to Sheepscot River. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022. 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 | PALERMO REARING STATION FISH HATCHERY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ME INLAND FISHERIES & WILDLIFE |
| NPDES ID | ME0001074 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2022 |
| Address | Palermo, ME 04354 |
| Receiving water | Sheepscot River |
| Subwatershed | Clary Lake-Sheepscot River (HUC 010500030403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 87 | 49 | July 31, 2026 | 210% over the limit |
| Formalin | 2 | 56 | 12 | June 30, 2008 | 172% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 74 | 6 | October 31, 2010 | 223% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 77 | 1 | December 31, 2006 | 3% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 6 | 87 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 66 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Biomass, fish | 4 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Time, starting [hhmmusing 24-hour clock] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 16 | 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 ME0001074.
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.