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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0102059

SCARBOROUGH SD WWTF, Scarborough, ME: NPDES ME0102059 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SCARBOROUGH SD WWTF, held by SCARBOROUGH SANITARY DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit ME0102059, which discharges to Atlantic Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2015 and expiring December 31, 2019. 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 filedSCARBOROUGH SD WWTF
Permittee as filedSCARBOROUGH SANITARY DISTRICT
NPDES IDME0102059
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 1, 2015
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2019
AddressScarborough, ME 04074
Receiving waterAtlantic Ocean
SubwatershedSaco Bay Frontal Drainages (HUC 010600010502)

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

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 suspended68519June 30, 2025284% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6759July 31, 202499,999% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general2275September 30, 2020124% over the limit
Solids, settleable1132August 31, 20149,900% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1121February 28, 200527% over the limit
Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C031August 31, 201222% over the limit
Enterococci: group D, MF trans, M-E, EIA011August 31, 202594% over the limit
Priority Pollutants1230
pH2220
NOEL Static 1Hr 20min Fert. Chronic Arbacia punctulata1210
Noael Static 48Hr Acute Mysid. Bahia0210
NOAEL Static 48Hr Acute Menidia sp.0210
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1110
Chlorine, total residual1110
Solids, suspended percent removal1110
Mercury, total [as Hg]210
Analytical Chemistry100
NOAEL Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)100

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 ME0102059.

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 ME0102059 for the SCARBOROUGH SD WWTF in Scarborough, ME, held by SCARBOROUGH SANITARY DISTRICT, which discharges to the Atlantic Ocean within the Saco Bay Frontal Drainages (HUC 010600010502). The permit is listed as Effective, an individual permit for a Major discharger, issued January 1, 2015 and expiring December 31, 2019, with the status as of September 15, 2026. The file lists 18 pollutants on file, 14 under a numeric limit, 16 with a violation of any kind, and 7 with an effluent exceedance.