Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0022632
BERLIN WWTP, Berlin, MD: NPDES MD0022632 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BERLIN WWTP holds NPDES permit MD0022632, which discharges to Coastal Area. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2003 and expiring October 31, 2008. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BERLIN WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BERLIN WWTP |
| NPDES ID | MD0022632 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 1, 2003 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2008 |
| Address | Berlin, MD 21811 |
| Receiving water | COASTAL AREA |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Newport Bay (HUC 020403030401) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 59 | 47 | March 31, 2010 | 576% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 34 | 22 | March 31, 2010 | 137% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 33 | 21 | March 31, 2010 | 143% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 19 | 18 | March 31, 2003 | 68% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 17 | 15 | March 31, 2003 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 6 | 3 | March 31, 2003 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 4 | 1 | February 28, 1998 | 25% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 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 MD0022632.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.