Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0098612
EBENSBURG COGEN PLT, Ebensburg, PA: NPDES PA0098612 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EBENSBURG COGEN PLT, held by EBENSBURG POWER CO, holds NPDES permit PA0098612, which discharges to Unt Of Howells Run. EPA’s file records it issued December 19, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024. 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 | EBENSBURG COGEN PLT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EBENSBURG POWER CO |
| NPDES ID | PA0098612 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 19, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Ebensburg, PA 15931 |
| Receiving water | UNT Of Howells Run |
| Subwatershed | North Branch Little Conemaugh (HUC 050100070501) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 38 | 36 | 34 | August 31, 2024 | 19% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 16 | 12 | April 30, 2020 | 334% over the limit |
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 9 | 7 | August 31, 2018 | 200% over the limit |
| pH | 7 | 7 | 3 | January 31, 2019 | |
| Priority Pollutants | 0 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2019 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 7 | 6 | 2 | April 30, 2025 | 435% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 3 | 1 | August 31, 2018 | 40% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 4 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| February 19, 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.