Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MER05B983

FRASER PAPER MILL, Madawaska, ME: NPDES MER05B983 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

FRASER PAPER MILL, held by TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY LLC, holds NPDES permit MER05B983, which discharges to St John River. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2011 and expiring April 25, 2016.

FRASER PAPER MILL, Madawaska, Maine: Coverage under a general permit MER05B983, held by TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY LLC; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 30, 2011, term to April 25, 2016; discharges to St John River.

Maine holds 348 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 104 were issued before MER05B983. TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY LLC holds 3 permits in Maine.

Other permits held by TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY LLC

TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY - MADAWASKA MILL, Madawaska: ME0000159, issued April 1, 2015
FRASER PAPERS' LANDFILL, Frenchville: MER05B984, issued June 30, 2011

Coverages issued nearest MER05B983

June 30, 2011: LISBON WWTF, Lisbon, MER05B920, held by LISBON TOWN OF
June 30, 2011: MAINE WOOD TURNING MILL SITE, New Vineyard, MER05B923, held by MAINE WOOD TURNING, INC.
June 30, 2011: THORNDIKE & SONS INC - MAINTENANCE GARAGE, Strong, MER05B955, held by THORNDIKE & SONS, INC.
June 30, 2011: GARDNER CHIPMILLS LINCOLN, LLC, Chester, MER05B961
June 30, 2011: HISSONG READY-MIX & AGGREGATE SALES LLC, Eliot, MER05B970, held by HISSONG READY-MIX & AGGREGATES, LLC
June 30, 2011: FRASER PAPERS' LANDFILL, Frenchville, MER05B984, held by TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY LLC
June 30, 2011: GARDNER CHIPMILL MILLINOCKET LLC, Millinocket, MER05C007, held by GARDNER CHIPMILLS MILLINOCKET, LLC
July 5, 2011: LE TAYLOR AND SONS, Porter, MER05B194, held by L.E. TAYLOR AND SONS
July 5, 2011: CENTRAL MAINE REGIONAL AIRPORT, Norridgewock, MER05B355, held by NORRIDGEWOCK TOWN OF
July 5, 2011: BROWN'S EXIT 27 SALVAGE, Gardiner, MER05B576

FRASER PAPER MILL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Gagnon Brook-St. John River subwatershed (HUC 010100081108), MER05B983 among them. Its county holds 55, 7 of them major permits; MER05B983 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Gagnon Brook-St. John River subwatershed (HUC 010100081108)

FRASER PAPERS' LANDFILL, Frenchville: MER05B984, minor permit, discharging to Gagnon Brook, permit term to April 25, 2016
FRENCHVILLE ROAD (U.S. ROUTE 1), Frenchville: MER05C119, minor permit, discharging to St John River, permit term to April 25, 2016
MADAWASKA WWTF, Madawaska: ME0101681, minor permit, discharging to St John River, permit term to October 31, 2019

What the register holds for FRASER PAPER MILL: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Madawaska, Maine, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MER05B983.

Identity

Facility as filed	FRASER PAPER MILL
Permittee as filed	TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY LLC
NPDES ID	MER05B983
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	June 30, 2011
Expiration date	April 25, 2016
Address	Madawaska, ME 04756
Receiving water	St John River
Subwatershed	Gagnon Brook-St. John River (HUC 010100081108)
SIC	2611 – Pulp Mills
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler MED001111368; ICIS-AIR source ME0000002300311110

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 MER05B983.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MER05B983.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MER05B983.

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 MER05B983.

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

The FRASER PAPER MILL storm water industrial permit in Madawaska, Aroostook County, Maine, is one of 15 storm water industrial permits in that county, and 0.0% of those 15 have a violation on file. Of all 15 permits in the county, this one included, 40.0% were issued earlier than this permit's June 30, 2011 issue date. It is also one of 4 NPDES permits in the Gagnon Brook-St. John River subwatershed, this one included.