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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ME0036838

SHY BEAVER TROUT HATCHERY, Hollis Center, ME: NPDES ME0036838 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SHY BEAVER TROUT HATCHERY, held by PIERCE ASSOCIATES, INC., holds NPDES permit ME0036838, which discharges to Wales Pond. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2015 and expiring June 30, 2020. 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 filedSHY BEAVER TROUT HATCHERY
Permittee as filedPIERCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
NPDES IDME0036838
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 1, 2015
Expiration dateJune 30, 2020
AddressHollis Center, ME 04042
Receiving waterWales Pond
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBonney Eagle Pond-Saco River (HUC 010600021102)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Phosphorus, total [as P]4611September 30, 20158% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2531July 31, 20079% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C41080
Solids, total suspended41080
Temperature, water deg. centigrade0960
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]0960
pH2660
Time, starting [hhmmusing 24-hour clock]0320
Phosphate, ortho [as P]0120

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ME0036838.

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.