Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDG492456
OAKLAND BLOCK PLANT, Oakland, MD: NPDES MDG492456 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OAKLAND BLOCK PLANT, held by FAIRFAX MATERIALS, INC., holds NPDES permit MDG492456. EPA’s file records it issued May 27, 2015 and expiring May 27, 2015. 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 | OAKLAND BLOCK PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FAIRFAX MATERIALS, INC. |
| NPDES ID | MDG492456 |
| 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 |
| Issued | May 27, 2015 |
| Expiration date | May 27, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | MD DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Address | Oakland, MD 21550 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little Youghiogheny River (HUC 050200060104) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 14 | 2 | March 31, 2017 | |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 8 | 2 | June 30, 2018 | 13% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 13 | 1 | December 31, 2016 | 107% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| pH change [range] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Temp. diff. between up/down stream deg. F | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 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 MDG492456.
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.