Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0022764
SNOW HILL WWTP, Snow Hill, MD: NPDES MD0022764 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SNOW HILL WWTP, held by Town of Snow Hill, holds NPDES permit MD0022764, which discharges to Pocomoke River. EPA’s file records it issued March 24, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2022. 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 | SNOW HILL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Snow Hill |
| NPDES ID | MD0022764 |
| 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 | March 24, 2017 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | Maryland Department of The Environment |
| Address | Snow Hill, MD 21863 |
| Receiving water | POCOMOKE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Purnell Branch-Pocomoke River (HUC 020801110205) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 88 | 59 | March 31, 2023 | 1,042% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 44 | 34 | February 28, 2010 | 99,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 49 | 30 | July 31, 2022 | 596% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 8 | June 30, 2026 | |
| E. coli | 1 | 9 | 7 | September 30, 2022 | 1,157% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 1998 | 100% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Toxaphene | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Benzidine | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chlordane | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorous, in total orthophosphate | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 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 MD0022764.
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.