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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0037222

CHERRYFIELD FOODS INC, Cherryfield, ME: NPDES ME0037222 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHERRYFIELD FOODS INC, held by CHERRYFIELD FOODS, INC., holds NPDES permit ME0037222, which discharges to Narraguagus River. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2015 and expiring March 31, 2020.

CHERRYFIELD FOODS INC, Cherryfield, Maine: Individual permit ME0037222, held by CHERRYFIELD FOODS, INC.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 1, 2015, term to March 31, 2020; discharges to Narraguagus River.

  • Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 5 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2011, largest 10% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Depth to water level ft below landsurface: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Application rate, weekly spray irrigation.: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Specific conductance: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lagoon freeboard: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • September 22, 2026: Reconnaissance without Sampling (S).

Other permits held by CHERRYFIELD FOODS, INC.

CHERRYFIELD FOODS INC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Narraguagus River subwatershed (HUC 010500021005), ME0037222 among them. Its county holds 45, 4 of them major permits; ME0037222 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Narraguagus River subwatershed (HUC 010500021005)

  • JASPER WYMAN CHERRYFIELD, Cherryfield: ME0001953, minor permit, discharging to Narraguagus River, permit term to July 31, 2020
  • NARRAGUAGUS ESTATES, Cherryfield: ME0036871, minor permit, discharging to Narraguagus River, permit term to December 31, 2018
  • PEAT MINING SITE, Deblois: MER05C045, minor permit, permit term to April 25, 2016

Identity

Facility as filedCHERRYFIELD FOODS INC
Permittee as filedCHERRYFIELD FOODS, INC.
NPDES IDME0037222
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
IssuedApril 1, 2015
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2020
AddressCherryfield, ME 04622
Receiving waterNarraguagus River
SubwatershedNarraguagus River (HUC 010500021005)

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
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit532June 30, 201110% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant160
Depth to water level ft below landsurface440
Application rate, weekly spray irrigation.020
Flow, total020
pH500
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]500
Specific conductance400
Flow, total200
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C100
Lagoon freeboard100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ME0037222.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 22, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS

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 ME0037222.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ME0037222, held by CHERRYFIELD FOODS INC (permittee as filed: CHERRYFIELD FOODS, INC.), which discharges to the Narraguagus River in Cherryfield, ME, within the Narraguagus River subwatershed (HUC 010500021005). The permit is administratively continued, classed as a minor discharger, and was issued April 1, 2015 with an expiration date of March 31, 2020. The file lists 11 pollutants on record, 9 under a numeric limit, 5 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.