Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0024376
BOYERTOWN STP, Gilbertsville, PA: NPDES PA0024376 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BOYERTOWN STP, held by BOYERTOWN BORO BERKS CNTY, holds NPDES permit PA0024376, which discharges to Swamp Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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 | BOYERTOWN STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BOYERTOWN BORO BERKS CNTY |
| NPDES ID | PA0024376 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 1, 2020 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Gilbertsville, PA 19525 |
| Receiving water | Swamp Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Swamp Creek (HUC 020402030805) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 8 | 6 | April 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 10 | 4 | January 31, 2024 | 165% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 5 | 1 | January 31, 2024 | 54% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 1 | 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 PA0024376.
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.