Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0224995
RAUSCH CREEK COAL MINING GOOD SPRING W MINE, Hegins, PA: NPDES PA0224995 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RAUSCH CREEK COAL MINING GOOD SPRING W MINE, held by RAUSCH CREEK LAND LP, holds NPDES permit PA0224995, which discharges to East Branch Rausch Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 31, 2017 and expiring May 15, 2021. 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 | RAUSCH CREEK COAL MINING GOOD SPRING W MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RAUSCH CREEK LAND LP |
| NPDES ID | PA0224995 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 15, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Hegins, PA 17938 |
| Receiving water | East Branch Rausch Creek |
| Subwatershed | Rausch Creek-Pine Creek (HUC 020503010702) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 2 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0224995.
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 PA0224995.
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.