Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0096211
DARRAGH STP, Darragh, PA: NPDES PA0096211 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DARRAGH STP, held by WESTMORELAND CNTY MUNI AUTH, holds NPDES permit PA0096211, which discharges to Little Sewickley Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 2018 and expiring April 30, 2023. 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 | DARRAGH STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WESTMORELAND CNTY MUNI AUTH |
| NPDES ID | PA0096211 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 30, 2018 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Darragh, PA 15625 |
| Receiving water | Little Sewickley Creek |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 15 | 3 | March 31, 2015 | 64% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 2 | November 30, 2009 | 122% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 5 | 2 | July 31, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 6 | 1 | November 30, 2004 | |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 2025 | 1% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light transmittance | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromide [as Br] | 4 | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2026 | Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)] | ST6 |
| July 24, 2025 | Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)] | ST6 |
| June 27, 2024 | Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)] | ST6 |
| August 17, 2023 | Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)] | 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.