Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0005061
NEW CASTLE GENERATING STATION, West Pittsburg, PA: NPDES PA0005061 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NEW CASTLE GENERATING STATION, held by ORION POWER MIDWEST LP, holds NPDES permit PA0005061, which discharges to Beaver River. EPA’s file records it issued April 7, 2005 and expiring April 6, 2010. 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 | NEW CASTLE GENERATING STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ORION POWER MIDWEST LP |
| NPDES ID | PA0005061 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 7, 2005 |
| Expiration date | April 6, 2010 |
| Address | West Pittsburg, PA 16160 |
| Receiving water | BEAVER RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | McKee Run-Beaver Creek (HUC 050301040101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 13 | 18 | 5 | March 31, 2014 | 232% over the limit |
| pH | 14 | 18 | 4 | August 31, 2010 | |
| Thermal Discharge | 60 | 3 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 2% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 16 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 10 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bromide [as Br] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2020 | Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees | ST6 |
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.