Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0101222

YORK WWTF, York, ME: NPDES ME0101222 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
14Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

YORK WWTF, held by YORK SEWER DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit ME0101222, which discharges to Cape Neddick. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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	YORK WWTF
Permittee as filed	YORK SEWER DISTRICT
NPDES ID	ME0101222
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	April 1, 2016
Expiration date	March 31, 2021
Address	York, ME 03909
Receiving water	Cape Neddick

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

15Pollutants on file
14Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Solids, total suspended	6	115	7	January 31, 2024	206% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	6	116	6	January 31, 2024	135% over the limit
Enterococci	0	5	5	May 31, 2026	244% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C	2	21	3	September 30, 2013	99,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	38	2	July 31, 2009	97% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	20	1	January 31, 2024	86% over the limit
pH	2	38	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	38	0
Solids, settleable	1	19	0
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	19	0
Mercury, total [as Hg]	2	4	0
Priority Pollutants	1	0	0
Analytical Chemistry	1	0	0
NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulata	1	0	0
NOAEL Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)	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 ME0101222.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ME0101222 for the YORK WWTF in York, ME, held by YORK SEWER DISTRICT and discharging to Cape Neddick. The page lists 15 pollutants on file, 14 of them under a numeric limit, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.