Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0036641
ELLSWORTH HYDRO PROJECT, Ellsworth, ME: NPDES ME0036641 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELLSWORTH HYDRO PROJECT, held by BLACK BEAR HYDRO PARTNERS, LLC, holds NPDES permit ME0036641, which discharges to Union River. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
What the register holds for ELLSWORTH HYDRO PROJECT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Ellsworth, Maine, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES ME0036641.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ELLSWORTH HYDRO PROJECT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BLACK BEAR HYDRO PARTNERS, LLC |
| NPDES ID | ME0036641 |
| 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 | July 1, 2014 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2019 |
| Address | Ellsworth, ME 04605 |
| Receiving water | Union River |
| Subwatershed | Union River (HUC 010500021302) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 0Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES ME0036641.
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 ME0036641.
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 October 14, 2026.