Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0256480
POWERLINE OPERATION, Frenchville, PA: NPDES PA0256480 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
POWERLINE OPERATION, held by SWISHER CONTR INC, holds NPDES permit PA0256480, which discharges to Bald Hill Run. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2022 and expiring April 6, 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 | POWERLINE OPERATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SWISHER CONTR INC |
| NPDES ID | PA0256480 |
| 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 | August 17, 2022 |
| Expiration date | April 6, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Frenchville, PA 16836 |
| Receiving water | Bald Hill Run |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Millstone Run-West Branch Susquehanna River (HUC 020502010707) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 | 22 | 1,020 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 18 | 855 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 15 | 720 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 15 | 720 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 15 | 696 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 11 | 510 | 0 | ||
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 11 | 510 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3] | 11 | 510 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 135 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 8 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 8 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 8 | 45 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0256480.
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 PA0256480.
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.