Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MER05C186

DEAD RIVER COMPANY - HOULTON, Houlton, ME: NPDES MER05C186 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

DEAD RIVER COMPANY - HOULTON, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY, holds NPDES permit MER05C186, which discharges to Violette Brook. EPA’s file records it issued August 4, 2015 and expiring April 25, 2016.

DEAD RIVER COMPANY - HOULTON, Houlton, Maine: Coverage under a general permit MER05C186, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 4, 2015, term to April 25, 2016; discharges to Violette Brook.

Maine holds 348 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 310 were issued before MER05C186. DEAD RIVER COMPANY holds 13 permits in Maine.

Other permits held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY

DEAD RIVER COMPANY -HALLOWELL, Hallowell: MER05C181, issued August 4, 2015
DEAD RIVER COMPANY - BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Boothbay Harbor: MER05C182, issued August 4, 2015
DEAD RIVER COMPANY - WATERVILLE, Waterville: MER05C183, issued August 4, 2015
DEAD RIVER COMPANY - SKOWHEGAN, Skowhegan: MER05C184, issued August 4, 2015
DEAD RIVER COMPANY - VAN BUREN, Van Buren: MER05C185, issued August 4, 2015
DEAD RIVER COMPANY - MACHIAS, Machias: MER05C187, issued August 4, 2015
DEAD RIVER COMPANY PETROLEUM BULK STATION - PI, Presque Isle: MER05C188, issued August 4, 2015
DEAD RIVER COMPANY - BIDDEFORD, Biddeford: MER05C189, issued August 4, 2015
DEAD RIVER COMPANY - ELLSWORTH, Ellsworth: MER05C191, issued August 4, 2015
DEAD RIVER COMPANY - FARMINGTON, Farmington: MER05C192, issued August 4, 2015

Coverages issued nearest MER05C186

August 4, 2015: DEAD RIVER COMPANY -HALLOWELL, Hallowell, MER05C181, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY
August 4, 2015: DEAD RIVER COMPANY - BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Boothbay Harbor, MER05C182, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY
August 4, 2015: DEAD RIVER COMPANY - WATERVILLE, Waterville, MER05C183, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY
August 4, 2015: DEAD RIVER COMPANY - SKOWHEGAN, Skowhegan, MER05C184, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY
August 4, 2015: DEAD RIVER COMPANY - VAN BUREN, Van Buren, MER05C185, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY
August 4, 2015: DEAD RIVER COMPANY - MACHIAS, Machias, MER05C187, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY
August 4, 2015: DEAD RIVER COMPANY PETROLEUM BULK STATION - PI, Presque Isle, MER05C188, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY
August 4, 2015: DEAD RIVER COMPANY - BIDDEFORD, Biddeford, MER05C189, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY
August 4, 2015: DEAD RIVER COMPANY - ELLSWORTH, Ellsworth, MER05C191, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY
August 4, 2015: DEAD RIVER COMPANY - FARMINGTON, Farmington, MER05C192, held by DEAD RIVER COMPANY

DEAD RIVER COMPANY - HOULTON among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 5 discharge permits in the Smith Brook-Meduxnekeag River subwatershed (HUC 010100050307), MER05C186 among them.

Other permits in the Smith Brook-Meduxnekeag River subwatershed (HUC 010100050307)

HOULTON WATER COMPANY, Houlton: MEL101290, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
HOULTON WATER COMPANY, Houlton: MEU508219, minor permit, discharging to Groundwater, permit term to June 30, 2021
HOULTON WATER COMPANY WWTF, Houlton: ME0101290, major permit, discharging to Meduxnekeag River, permit term to August 31, 2021
SLOAT'S MACHINING & FABRICATION, Houlton: MERNEB489, minor permit, permit term to December 6, 2021

What the register holds for DEAD RIVER COMPANY - HOULTON: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Houlton, Maine, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MER05C186.

Identity

Facility as filed	DEAD RIVER COMPANY - HOULTON
Permittee as filed	DEAD RIVER COMPANY
NPDES ID	MER05C186
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	August 4, 2015
Expiration date	April 25, 2016
Address	Houlton, ME 04730
Receiving water	Violette Brook
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Smith Brook-Meduxnekeag River (HUC 010100050307)
SIC	5171 – Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals

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 MER05C186.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MER05C186.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MER05C186.

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 MER05C186.

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

The DEAD RIVER COMPANY - HOULTON storm water industrial coverage, NPDES ID MER05C186, is one of 2 such permits in Houlton on EPA's register, and one of 5 NPDES permits in the Smith Brook-Meduxnekeag River subwatershed. The permit records no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance.