Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0001741

THE INITIATIVE FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND LIFE SCIENCES, Portland, ME: NPDES ME0001741 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

THE INITIATIVE FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND LIFE SCIENCES, held by B&G FOODS NORTH AMERICA, INC., holds NPDES permit ME0001741, which discharges to Portland Harbor. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2014 and expiring October 31, 2019.

THE INITIATIVE FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND LIFE SCIENCES, Portland, Maine: Individual permit ME0001741, held by B&G FOODS NORTH AMERICA, INC.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 1, 2014, term to October 31, 2019; discharges to Portland Harbor.

Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 40 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2010, largest 894% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 9 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2021, largest 50% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 42 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

THE INITIATIVE FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND LIFE SCIENCES among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 13 discharge permits in the Casco Bay Frontal Drainages subwatershed (HUC 010600010602), ME0001741 among them. Its county holds 97, 7 of them major permits; ME0001741 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Casco Bay Frontal Drainages subwatershed (HUC 010600010602)

CORNERBROOK LLC, Portland: MEG190117, minor permit, permit term to October 31, 2014
CPSP LLC, Portland: MEG190118, minor permit, discharging to Long Creek, permit term to October 31, 2014
EAST END WWTF, Portland: MER05B435, minor permit, discharging to Casco Bay, permit term to April 25, 2016
FALMOUTH TOWN OF, Falmouth: MEL100218, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
MAINE YACHT CENTER, Portland: MER05B267, minor permit, discharging to Casco Bay, permit term to April 25, 2016
MERE PT COLONY SUBSURFACE W, Brunswick: MEU508015, minor permit, discharging to Groundwater, permit term to September 30, 2023
MIDCOAST REGIONAL REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - FORMER BNAS, Brunswick: MER05C027, minor permit, discharging to Mere Brook, permit term to April 25, 2016
OTTAWA RD PUMPING STATION, Cape Elizabeth: ME0102806, minor permit, discharging to Atlantic Ocean, permit term to December 31, 2023
PLASMINE TECHNOLOGY INC, Portland: MER05B674, minor permit, permit term to April 25, 2016
PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT & MUSEUM, Cape Elizabeth: ME0090379, minor permit, discharging to Casco Bay, permit term to December 31, 2021

Identity

Facility as filed	THE INITIATIVE FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND LIFE SCIENCES
Permittee as filed	B&G FOODS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
NPDES ID	ME0001741
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	November 1, 2014
Expiration date	October 31, 2019
Address	Portland, ME 04101
Receiving water	Portland Harbor
Subwatershed	Casco Bay Frontal Drainages (HUC 010600010602)

Effluent limits and exceedances

4Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
4With a violation of any kind
2With 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
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	2	40	6	July 31, 2010	894% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	9	5	March 31, 2021	50% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	42	0
pH	2	6	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ME0001741.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ME0001741.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES ME0001741.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES ME0001741 for The Initiative for Digital Engineering and Life Sciences in Portland, ME, with its permit status shown as administratively continued. The page lists a Minor discharger class 4, with 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and identifies the receiving water as Portland Harbor in the Casco Bay Frontal Drainages subwatershed (HUC 010600010602).