Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0001201
SPARROWS POINT, LLC, Baltimore County, MD: NPDES MD0001201 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 47Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPARROWS POINT, LLC holds NPDES permit MD0001201, which discharges to Patapsco River. EPA’s file records it issued March 1, 2001 and expiring February 28, 2006. 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 filed | SPARROWS POINT, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SPARROWS POINT, LLC |
| NPDES ID | MD0001201 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 1, 2001 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2006 |
| Issuing agency | MD DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Address | Baltimore County, MD 21219 |
| Receiving water | PATAPSCO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Stoney Creek-Patapsco River-Chesapeake Bay (HUC 020600031204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 59Pollutants on file
- 47Under a numeric limit
- 59With a violation of any kind
- 9With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 13 | 194 | 49 | September 30, 2014 | |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 20 | 79 | 21 | September 30, 2015 | 481% over the limit |
| Phenol | 12 | 50 | 7 | September 30, 2009 | 153% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 8 | 34 | 6 | September 30, 2015 | 90% over the limit |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 8 | 37 | 5 | December 31, 2007 | 185% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 14 | 201 | 3 | November 30, 2011 | 23% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 17 | 62 | 3 | September 30, 2013 | 20% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 38 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | 20% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2002 | 75% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 13 | 157 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 122 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 20 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 19 | 88 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 16 | 83 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 0 | 82 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 13 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 15 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 8 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 8 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 13 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 13 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 6 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| para-Chloro-meta-cresol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 4-Nitrophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Xylenes [total], dry weight | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pyridine | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, Inorganic | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MD0001201.
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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