Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0036803
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD, Waterville, ME: NPDES ME0036803 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD, held by PAN AM RAILWAYS, INC., holds NPDES permit ME0036803, which discharges to Kennebec River. EPA’s file records it issued June 1, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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 filed | MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PAN AM RAILWAYS, INC. |
| NPDES ID | ME0036803 |
| 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 | June 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Address | Waterville, ME 04901 |
| Receiving water | Kennebec River |
| Subwatershed | Holland Brook-Kennebec River (HUC 010300031507) |
| SIC | 4011 – Railroads, Line-Haul Operating |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MED097731806; ICIS-AIR source ME0000002300100033 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 33 | 10 | March 31, 2024 | 147% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 51 | 7 | February 28, 2025 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 28 | 5 | September 30, 2024 | 210% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 24 | 1 | August 31, 2012 | 518% over the limit |
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 ME0036803.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES ME0036803.
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 ME0036803.
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.