Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MEL100617

SANFORD SEWERAGE DISTRICT, Sanford, ME: NPDES MEL100617 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SANFORD SEWERAGE DISTRICT holds NPDES permit MEL100617. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025.

SANFORD SEWERAGE DISTRICT, Sanford, Maine: Associated permit record MEL100617; Biosolids; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2021, term to December 31, 2025.

Maine holds 75 Biosolids coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 0 were issued before MEL100617. SANFORD SEWERAGE DISTRICT holds 2 permits in Maine.

Other permits held by SANFORD SEWERAGE DISTRICT

SANFORD WWTF, Sanford: ME0100617, issued July 1, 2013

Coverages issued nearest MEL100617

January 1, 2021: ORONO TOWN OF, Orono, MEL100498
January 1, 2021: PITTSFIELD TOWN OF, Pittsfield, MEL100528
January 1, 2021: RUMFORD-MEXICO SEWER DISTRICT, Mexico, MEL100552
January 1, 2021: PRESQUE ISLE UTILITIES DISTRICT, Presque Isle, MEL100561
January 1, 2021: ROCKLAND CITY OF, Rockland, MEL100595
January 1, 2021: SKOWHEGAN TOWN OF, Skowhegan, MEL100625
January 1, 2021: SOUTH PORTLAND CITY OF, South Portland, MEL100633
January 1, 2021: SOUTHWEST HARBOR TOWN OF, Southwest Harbor, MEL100641
January 1, 2021: THOMASTON TOWN OF, Thomaston, MEL100668
January 1, 2021: VAN BUREN TOWN OF, Van Buren, MEL100684

SANFORD SEWERAGE DISTRICT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 6 discharge permits in the Number One Pond-Mousam River subwatershed (HUC 010600030202), MEL100617 among them. Its county holds 88, 11 of them major permits; MEL100617 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Number One Pond-Mousam River subwatershed (HUC 010600030202)

EVONIK CYRO LLC, Sanford: ME0022667, minor permit, discharging to Mousam River, permit term to October 31, 2015
GAMAGE SHIPYARD, South Bristol: MER05B328, minor permit, discharging to Damariscotta River, permit term to April 25, 2016
GENEST CONCRETE WORKS INC, Sanford: MER05B656, minor permit, permit term to April 25, 2016
JEFFREY A. SIMPSON, INC, Sanford: MER05B933, minor permit, discharging to Mousam River, permit term to April 25, 2016
SANFORD WWTF, Sanford: ME0100617, major permit, discharging to Mousam River, permit term to June 30, 2018

What the register holds for SANFORD SEWERAGE DISTRICT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Sanford, Maine. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MEL100617.

Identity

Facility as filed	SANFORD SEWERAGE DISTRICT
Permittee as filed	SANFORD SEWERAGE DISTRICT
NPDES ID	MEL100617
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Associated permit record
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Biosolids
Issued	January 1, 2021
Expiration date	December 31, 2025
Address	Sanford, ME 04073
Subwatershed	Number One Pond-Mousam River (HUC 010600030202)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler MED000840850; ICIS-AIR source ME0000002303101066

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MEL100617.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MEL100617.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MEL100617.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MEL100617.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

The Sanford Sewerage District holds a Clean Water Act biosolids permit (NPDES ID MEL100617) in Sanford, York County, Maine, one of 11 biosolids permits in York County on EPA's NPDES register. The permit sits among six NPDES permits in the Number One Pond-Mousam River subwatershed, and 0.0% of the 11 York County biosolids permits have a violation on file, the same as this one, which records none. The permit, issued January 1, 2021, shows 0.0% of its York County peers with an earlier issue date, meaning it is among the earliest-issued in that group.