Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0087661
CHESTNUT RIDGE AREA WWTP, New Paris, PA: NPDES PA0087661 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHESTNUT RIDGE AREA WWTP, held by CHESTNUT RIDGE AREA JT AUTH, holds NPDES permit PA0087661, which discharges to Dunning Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 17, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022. 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 | CHESTNUT RIDGE AREA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CHESTNUT RIDGE AREA JT AUTH |
| NPDES ID | PA0087661 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 17, 2017 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | New Paris, PA 15554 |
| Receiving water | Dunning Creek |
| Subwatershed | Georges Creek-Dunning Creek (HUC 020503030302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 | 15 | 13 | July 31, 2025 | 868% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 2 | May 31, 2026 | 119% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 8 | 1 | January 31, 2024 | 41% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 5 | 1 | January 31, 2024 | 7% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | September 30, 2014 | 97% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Ammonia Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light intensity | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 1 | 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 PA0087661.
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.