Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MD0061930
SPRING GARDENS STEAM PLANT, Baltimore, MD: NPDES MD0061930 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPRING GARDENS STEAM PLANT, held by Spring Garden Steam Plant, holds NPDES permit MD0061930, which discharges to Patapsco River. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2014 and expiring January 31, 2019. 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 | SPRING GARDENS STEAM PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Spring Garden Steam Plant |
| NPDES ID | MD0061930 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 1, 2014 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Address | Baltimore, MD 21230 |
| Receiving water | PATAPSCO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Northwest Harbor-Patapsco River (HUC 020600031203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 16 | 36 | 15 | April 30, 2023 | 4,900% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 8 | 18 | 12 | September 30, 2016 | 809% over the limit |
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 4 | 8 | 7 | September 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 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 MD0061930.
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.