Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0002160
BUCKSPORT MILL LLC, Bucksport, ME: NPDES ME0002160 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUCKSPORT MILL LLC, held by BUCKSPORT GENERATION LLC, holds NPDES permit ME0002160, which discharges to Penobscot River. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2015 and expiring October 31, 2020. 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 | BUCKSPORT MILL LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BUCKSPORT GENERATION LLC |
| NPDES ID | ME0002160 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 1, 2015 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2020 |
| Address | Bucksport, ME 04416 |
| Receiving water | Penobscot River |
| Subwatershed | Cove Brook-Penobscot River (HUC 010200051007) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MED001095371; ICIS-AIR source ME0000002300900001 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 16 | 89 | 5 | January 31, 2017 | 189% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 9 | 5 | February 29, 2016 | 45% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 75 | 3 | February 29, 2016 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 80 | 2 | July 31, 2008 | 167% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 10Day Chronic Salvel. Salmonid | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Salvel. Salmonid | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Pimephales | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 8 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total phenols | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Terpineol | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzoic acids, total | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cresol | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulata | 0 | 1 | 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 ME0002160.
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.