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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0028738

RALPHO TWP MUNI AUTH MAIN STP, Elysburg, PA: NPDES PA0028738 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RALPHO TWP MUNI AUTH MAIN STP, held by RALPHO TWP MUNI AUTH NORTHUMBERLAND CNTY, holds NPDES permit PA0028738, which discharges to Shamokin Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 16, 2016 and expiring September 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 filedRALPHO TWP MUNI AUTH MAIN STP
Permittee as filedRALPHO TWP MUNI AUTH NORTHUMBERLAND CNTY
NPDES IDPA0028738
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 16, 2016
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2021
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressElysburg, PA 17824
Receiving waterShamokin Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedShamokin Creek-Susquehanna River (HUC 020503010104)

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
Coliform, fecal general42925September 30, 202599,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended73117June 30, 20251,191% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]41911June 30, 20222,582% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2117October 31, 2021146% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C360
pH240
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240
Nitrogen, Total420
Phosphorus, Total420
Nitrogen, Ammonia Total220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]120
Nitrogen, total [as N]120
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]120
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]120
Phosphorus, total [as P]120
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total120
Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total120
E. coli010
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Iron, total [as Fe]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Manganese, total [as Mn]200
Aluminum, total [as Al]200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 29, 2026Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
April 10, 2026Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
March 16, 2026Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
January 20, 2026Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
July 11, 2025Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
March 10, 2025Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
December 24, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
April 9, 2024Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
February 8, 2024Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 19, 2023Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
October 11, 2023Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
May 3, 2023Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
January 5, 2023Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
September 28, 2022Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
June 17, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
February 17, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
May 7, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 24, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 2, 2019Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
October 11, 2017WW SSO - Discharge to WatersST6

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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