Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0278211
SOUTH BEND MINE, Spring Church, PA: NPDES PA0278211 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTH BEND MINE, held by HOLCIM MAR INC, holds NPDES permit PA0278211, which discharges to Unnamed Stream. EPA’s file records it issued March 16, 2023 and expiring December 11, 2026. 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 | SOUTH BEND MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HOLCIM MAR INC |
| NPDES ID | PA0278211 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 16, 2023 |
| Expiration date | December 11, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Spring Church, PA 15686 |
| Receiving water | Unnamed Stream |
| Subwatershed | Curry Run-Crooked Creek (HUC 050100061003) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 15 | 153 | 3 | August 31, 2023 | 94% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 15 | 153 | 3 | August 31, 2023 | 70% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 168 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 15 | 167 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 15 | 150 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 5 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 5 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3] | 5 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 5 | 69 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 5 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 5 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Osmotic pressure, total, unf whl wtr | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0278211.
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.