Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MEU507814
SINCLAIR SANITARY DISTRICT, Sinclair, ME: NPDES MEU507814 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SINCLAIR SANITARY DISTRICT holds NPDES permit MEU507814, which discharges to Groundwater. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021. 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 | SINCLAIR SANITARY DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SINCLAIR SANITARY DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | MEU507814 |
| 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 |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 1, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2021 |
| Address | Sinclair, ME 04779 |
| Receiving water | Groundwater |
| Subwatershed | McLean Brook (HUC 010100030301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application rate, gallons spray irrigation | 4 | 21 | 1 | July 31, 2013 | 84% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Lagoon freeboard | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Application rate, weekly spray irrigation. | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Depth to water level ft below landsurface | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 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 MEU507814.
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.