Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDG499779
SAND BANK QUARRY RITCHIE TRUCKING AND EXCAVATING, INC., Frostburg, MD: NPDES MDG499779 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SAND BANK QUARRY RITCHIE TRUCKING AND EXCAVATING, INC., held by RITCHIE TRUCKING AND EXCAVATING, INC., holds NPDES permit MDG499779, which discharges to George'S Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 4, 2011 and expiring April 30, 2015. 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 | SAND BANK QUARRY RITCHIE TRUCKING AND EXCAVATING, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RITCHIE TRUCKING AND EXCAVATING, INC. |
| NPDES ID | MDG499779 |
| 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 | August 4, 2011 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | Maryland Department of The Environment |
| Address | Frostburg, MD 21532 |
| Receiving water | GEORGE'S CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Georges Creek (HUC 020700020301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 8 | 15 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH change [range] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temp. difference, summer [deg. F] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, summer [deg. F] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDG499779.
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 MDG499779.
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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