Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0276782
GARDNER CRYOGENICS, Allentown, PA: NPDES PA0276782 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GARDNER CRYOGENICS, held by GARDNER CRYOGENICS, A DIV OF AIR PROD & CHEM, INC., holds NPDES permit PA0276782, which discharges to Iron Run. EPA’s file records it issued April 16, 2024 and expiring April 30, 2029. 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.
What the register holds for GARDNER CRYOGENICS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Allentown, Pennsylvania, its receiving water, and 9 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES PA0276782.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GARDNER CRYOGENICS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GARDNER CRYOGENICS, A DIV OF AIR PROD & CHEM, INC. |
| NPDES ID | PA0276782 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 16, 2024 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2029 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Allentown, PA 18106 |
| Receiving water | Iron Run |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Spring Creek (HUC 020401060701) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 0With 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0276782.
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 PA0276782.
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.