Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0037401
MAINE WOOD PELLETS COMPANY, LLC, Athens, ME: NPDES ME0037401 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MAINE WOOD PELLETS COMPANY, LLC, held by MAINE WOODS PELLET COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit ME0037401, which discharges to Wesserunsett Stream. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2015 and expiring June 30, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | MAINE WOOD PELLETS COMPANY, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MAINE WOODS PELLET COMPANY, LLC |
| NPDES ID | ME0037401 |
| 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, 2015 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2020 |
| Address | Athens, ME 04912 |
| Receiving water | Wesserunsett Stream |
| Subwatershed | East Branch Wesserunsett Stream (HUC 010300031402) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source ME0000002302500989 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 4 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | |
| Temp. diff. between samp. & upstrm deg. F | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 ME0037401.
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 September 15, 2026.