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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0090719

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, Kittery, ME: NPDES ME0090719 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, held by US NAVY, holds NPDES permit ME0090719, which discharges to Piscataqua River. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2021 and expiring March 31, 2026. 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 filedPORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD
Permittee as filedUS NAVY
NPDES IDME0090719
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeFederal facility
IssuedApril 1, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2026
AddressKittery, ME 03904
Receiving waterPiscataqua River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ME7170022019; ICIS-AIR source ME0000002303100004

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Solids, total suspended622March 31, 20258% over the limit
Oil and grease, hexane extr method311September 30, 202560% over the limit
pH600
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant300

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 ME0090719.

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 ME0090719 held by US NAVY for PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD in Kittery, ME, which discharges to the Piscataqua River. The permit is classed as a Minor Discharger and is administratively continued, with 4 pollutants on file, 4 under a numeric limit and 2 with an effluent exceedance.