Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0001821
SPRAGUE ENERGY SOUTH PORTLAND, South Portland, ME: NPDES ME0001821 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPRAGUE ENERGY SOUTH PORTLAND, held by SPRAGUE OPERATING RESOURCES LLC, holds NPDES permit ME0001821, which discharges to Fore River. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023. 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 | SPRAGUE ENERGY SOUTH PORTLAND |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SPRAGUE OPERATING RESOURCES LLC |
| NPDES ID | ME0001821 |
| 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 | May 1, 2018 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2023 |
| Address | South Portland, ME 04106 |
| Receiving water | Fore River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Fore River (HUC 010600010402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 1 | 35 | 12 | December 31, 2011 | 160% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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 ME0001821.
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 15, 2026.