Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0036889
READING TWP STP, New Oxford, PA: NPDES PA0036889 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
READING TWP STP, held by READING TWP MUN AUTH ADAMS CNTY, holds NPDES permit PA0036889, which discharges to Conewago Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 28, 2020 and expiring January 31, 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 | READING TWP STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | READING TWP MUN AUTH ADAMS CNTY |
| NPDES ID | PA0036889 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 28, 2020 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | New Oxford, PA 17350 |
| Receiving water | Conewago Creek |
| Subwatershed | Boro of East Berlin-Conewago Creek (HUC 020503060204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 13 | 11 | July 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 9 | 6 | May 31, 2021 | 71% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Ammonia Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 17, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | 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.