Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0114553
MILLHEIM BORO COUNCIL, Coburn, PA: NPDES PA0114553 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MILLHEIM BORO COUNCIL, held by MILLHEIM BORO CENTRE CNTY, holds NPDES permit PA0114553, which discharges to Elk Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 15, 2020 and expiring July 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 | MILLHEIM BORO COUNCIL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MILLHEIM BORO CENTRE CNTY |
| NPDES ID | PA0114553 |
| 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 | July 15, 2020 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Coburn, PA 16832 |
| Receiving water | Elk Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Elk Creek (HUC 020503010201) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 33 | 25 | July 31, 2025 | 54,004% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 34 | 10 | April 30, 2025 | 122% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 19 | 3 | April 30, 2025 | 28% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 11 | 3 | May 31, 2026 | 50% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 3 | 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
- 23Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| March 31, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 31, 2026 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| March 31, 2026 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| February 26, 2026 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 10, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| September 10, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 10, 2025 | Failure to minimize or prevent an unanticipated prohibited bypass to waters of the U.S. | ST6 |
| September 10, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| September 10, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 12, 2025 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| August 30, 2024 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| August 2, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| August 15, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| August 15, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| August 15, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| August 15, 2022 | Failure to minimize or prevent an unanticipated prohibited bypass to waters of the U.S. | ST6 |
| November 17, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| September 11, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| February 25, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
| February 25, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| November 28, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| October 30, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass | 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.