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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0036544

RIPOGENUS HYDRO PROJECT, T3 R11 Wels, ME: NPDES ME0036544 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RIPOGENUS HYDRO PROJECT, held by GREAT LAKES HYDRO AMERICA, LLC, holds NPDES permit ME0036544, which discharges to West Branch Penobscot River. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2014 and expiring December 31, 2018.

RIPOGENUS HYDRO PROJECT, T3 R11 Wels, Maine: Individual permit ME0036544, held by GREAT LAKES HYDRO AMERICA, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2014, term to December 31, 2018; discharges to West Branch Penobscot River.

Other permits held by GREAT LAKES HYDRO AMERICA, LLC

RIPOGENUS HYDRO PROJECT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Hurd Pond-Middle West Branch Penobscot River subwatershed (HUC 010200010904), ME0036544 among them. Its county holds 13, 1 of them major permits; ME0036544 is a minor permit.

What the register holds for RIPOGENUS HYDRO PROJECT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in T3 R11 Wels, Maine, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ME0036544.

Identity

Facility as filedRIPOGENUS HYDRO PROJECT
Permittee as filedGREAT LAKES HYDRO AMERICA, LLC
NPDES IDME0036544
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 1, 2014
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2018
AddressT3 R11 Wels, ME 04901
Receiving waterWest Branch Penobscot River
SubwatershedHurd Pond-Middle West Branch Penobscot River (HUC 010200010904)
SIC4911 – Electric Services

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES ME0036544.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ME0036544.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ME0036544.

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 ME0036544.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

The RIPOGENUS HYDRO PROJECT is the only NPDES permit in the Hurd Pond-Middle West Branch Penobscot River subwatershed, counting this one, and it is one of 4 individual permits on EPA's NPDES register in Piscataquis County. The permit records 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.