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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0036765

SMC REAL ESTATE INC - DBA TOWN & COUNTRY APARTMENTS, Presque Isle, ME: NPDES ME0036765 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SMC REAL ESTATE INC - DBA TOWN & COUNTRY APARTMENTS, held by PHOENIX ENTERPRISES, INC., holds NPDES permit ME0036765, which discharges to Aroostook 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 (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedSMC REAL ESTATE INC - DBA TOWN & COUNTRY APARTMENTS
Permittee as filedPHOENIX ENTERPRISES, INC.
NPDES IDME0036765
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
IssuedNovember 1, 2015
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2020
AddressPresque Isle, ME 04769
Receiving waterAroostook River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPettingill Brook-Aroostook River (HUC 010100041009)
SIC6513 – Apartment Building Operators

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C65840March 31, 2026590% over the limit
E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC22822June 30, 202499,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended63618March 31, 20262,803% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual1119March 31, 202599,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1108March 31, 2026383% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal131March 31, 202113% over the limit
pH240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant620

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ME0036765.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ME0036765, held by SMC REAL ESTATE INC - DBA TOWN & COUNTRY APARTMENTS in Presque Isle, ME, which discharges to the Aroostook River. The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a minor discharger class, 8 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.