Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0232751
POTTERS MILLS CENTRAL TREATMENT SYSTEM, Potters Mills, PA: NPDES PA0232751 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
POTTERS MILLS CENTRAL TREATMENT SYSTEM, held by POTTER TWP CENTRE CNTY, holds NPDES permit PA0232751, which discharges to Sinking Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 16, 2016 and expiring September 30, 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 | POTTERS MILLS CENTRAL TREATMENT SYSTEM |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | POTTER TWP CENTRE CNTY |
| NPDES ID | PA0232751 |
| 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 | September 16, 2016 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Potters Mills, PA 16875 |
| Receiving water | Sinking Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Colyer Lake-Sinking Creek (HUC 020503010401) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 | 2 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2020 | |
| Phosphorus, Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | September 30, 2020 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Ammonia Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light intensity | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light transmittance | 1 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 18, 2021 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| July 27, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling 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 15, 2026.