Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0063045
F&J GROUP, Scott Township, PA: NPDES PA0063045 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
F&J GROUP, held by MAID RITE SPECIALTY FOODS INC, holds NPDES permit PA0063045, which discharges to South Branch Tunkhannock Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 23, 2023 and expiring January 31, 2028. 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 | F&J GROUP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MAID RITE SPECIALTY FOODS INC |
| NPDES ID | PA0063045 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 23, 2023 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2028 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Scott Township, PA 18414 |
| Receiving water | South Branch Tunkhannock Creek |
| Subwatershed | Upper South Branch Tunkhannock Creek (HUC 020501061101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 27 | 25 | May 31, 2020 | 653% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 13 | 11 | June 30, 2020 | 1,110% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 3 | 1 | November 30, 2019 | 3% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 3 | 1 | November 30, 2018 | 155% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 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
- 8Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2025 | Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees | ST6 |
| March 12, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| January 25, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| November 12, 2020 | Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application | ST6 |
| November 12, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| November 12, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
| September 5, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| September 5, 2018 | 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 15, 2026.