Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0005304
UNITED REFINING, Warren, PA: NPDES PA0005304 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UNITED REFINING, held by UNITED REFINING CO - WARREN, holds NPDES permit PA0005304, which discharges to Allegheny River & Glade Run. EPA’s file records it issued February 1, 2006 and expiring January 31, 2011. 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 | UNITED REFINING |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UNITED REFINING CO - WARREN |
| NPDES ID | PA0005304 |
| 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 | February 1, 2006 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2011 |
| Address | Warren, PA 16365 |
| Receiving water | ALLEGHENY RIVER & GLADE RUN |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Morse Run-Allegheny River (HUC 050100011209) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 30 | 88 | 16 | June 30, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 76 | 8 | April 30, 2008 | 86% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 16 | 8 | April 30, 2011 | 97% over the limit |
| pH | 54 | 97 | 6 | May 31, 2015 | |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 4 | 11 | 3 | September 30, 2012 | 146% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 26 | 58 | 2 | July 31, 2008 | 176% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 8 | 10 | 2 | May 31, 2011 | 229% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 9 | 1 | January 31, 2001 | 27% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 54 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 20, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| October 2, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| October 1, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| July 31, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | 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 14, 2026.