Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MER05B476

SILVER'S AUTO PARTS, INC., Orono, ME: NPDES MER05B476 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

SILVER'S AUTO PARTS, INC. holds NPDES permit MER05B476, which discharges to Penobscot River. EPA’s file records it issued July 26, 2011 and expiring April 25, 2016.

SILVER'S AUTO PARTS, INC., Orono, Maine: Coverage under a general permit MER05B476; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 26, 2011, term to April 25, 2016; discharges to Penobscot River.

Maine holds 348 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 200 were issued before MER05B476.

Coverages issued nearest MER05B476

July 22, 2011: UPS - WELLS, Wells, MER05B542, held by UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.
July 25, 2011: JOURNEY'S END MARINA, Rockland, MER05B144, held by O'HARA CORPORATION
July 25, 2011: PEAT MINING SITE, Deblois, MER05C045, held by WORCESTER PEAT CO., INC.
July 26, 2011: BIOPOLYMER DIVISION, Rockland, MER05B129, held by FMC CORPORATION
July 26, 2011: AUGUSTA WWTF, Augusta, MER05B135, held by GREATER AUGUSTA UTILITY DISTRICT
July 26, 2011: KNOX COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT, Owls Head, MER05B509
July 26, 2011: CAPITAL CITY TRANSFER, Waterville, MER05B643, held by PINE TREE WASTE, INC.
July 26, 2011: TRI-COMMUNITY RECYCLING & SANITARY LANDFILL, Fort Fairfield, MER05B730, held by TRI-COMMUNITY RECYCLING AND SANITARY LANDFILL
July 26, 2011: MILLINOCKET FABRICATION & MACHINE INC, Millinocket, MER05C046, held by MILLINOCKET FABRICATION & MACHINE, INC.
July 27, 2011: HARTT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC, Bangor, MER05B337, held by HARTT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INC.

SILVER'S AUTO PARTS, INC. among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 8 discharge permits in the Marsh Island-Penobscot River subwatershed (HUC 010200050603), MER05B476 among them. Its county holds 80, 9 of them major permits; MER05B476 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Marsh Island-Penobscot River subwatershed (HUC 010200050603)

MILFORD COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW, Milford: ME0102695, minor permit, discharging to Penobscot River, permit term to March 31, 2021
ND OTM LLC, Old Town: ME0002020, major permit, discharging to Penobscot River, permit term to May 31, 2016
OLD TOWN CITY OF, Old Town: MEL100471, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
OLD TOWN WWTF, Old Town: ME0100471, major permit, discharging to Penobscot River, permit term to June 30, 2021
ORONO TOWN OF, Orono: MEL100498, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
ORONO WPCF, Orono: ME0100498, major permit, discharging to Penobscot River, permit term to November 30, 2017
PENOBSCOT INDIAN NATION, Indian Island: ME0101311, minor permit, discharging to Penobscot River, permit term to December 31, 2017

What the register holds for SILVER'S AUTO PARTS, INC.: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Orono, Maine, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MER05B476.

Identity

Facility as filed	SILVER'S AUTO PARTS, INC.
Permittee as filed	SILVER'S AUTO PARTS, INC.
NPDES ID	MER05B476
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	July 26, 2011
Expiration date	April 25, 2016
Address	Orono, ME 04473
Receiving water	Penobscot River
Subwatershed	Marsh Island-Penobscot River (HUC 010200050603)
SIC	5015 – Motor Vehicle Parts, Used

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 MER05B476.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MER05B476.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MER05B476.

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 MER05B476.

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

SILVER'S AUTO PARTS, INC. is one of 34 storm water industrial permits in Penobscot County, and 52.9% of those permits, this one included, carry an earlier issue date than its July 26, 2011 issuance. Among the 34 storm water industrial permits in the county, 0.0% have a violation on file, and the permit records zero pollutants under a numeric limit and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit also sits among 8 NPDES permits in the Marsh Island-Penobscot River subwatershed, this one included.