Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0101982

FRENCHVILLE WWTF, Frenchville, ME: NPDES ME0101982 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

FRENCHVILLE WWTF, held by FRENCHVILLE TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit ME0101982, which discharges to St John River. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2016 and expiring January 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	FRENCHVILLE WWTF
Permittee as filed	FRENCHVILLE TOWN OF
NPDES ID	ME0101982
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 1, 2016
Expiration date	January 31, 2021
Address	Frenchville, ME 04745
Receiving water	St John River
Subwatershed	Patrick Brook-St. John River (HUC 010100081107)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
10With a violation of any kind
7With 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	6	236	152	July 31, 2026	509% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	6	172	87	July 31, 2026	513% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	19	15	July 31, 2026	84% over the limit
E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC	2	38	13	July 31, 2026	1,548% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	41	11	April 30, 2022	71% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	12	7	February 29, 2024	118% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	17	2	May 31, 2024	59% over the limit
pH	2	30	0
Solids, settleable	0	11	0
Mercury, total [as Hg]	2	6	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

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 6, 2023	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6

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 ME0101982 for the FRENCHVILLE WWTF in Frenchville, ME, held by FRENCHVILLE TOWN OF and discharging to St John River within the Patrick Brook-St. John River watershed (HUC 010100081107). The page lists a permit status of Administratively continued, a Minor Discharger class, 9 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.