Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0279722
FIRETOWER MINE, Wells Tannery, PA: NPDES PA0279722 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FIRETOWER MINE, held by J & J SVONAVEC EXCAV INC, holds NPDES permit PA0279722, which discharges to Unt To Great Trough Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 8, 2020 and expiring October 21, 2024. 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 | FIRETOWER MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | J & J SVONAVEC EXCAV INC |
| NPDES ID | PA0279722 |
| 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 | December 8, 2020 |
| Expiration date | October 21, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Wells Tannery, PA 16691 |
| Receiving water | UNT To Great Trough Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Great Trough Creek (HUC 020503030702) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 9 | 42 | 6 | June 30, 2022 | 900% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 9 | 42 | 6 | June 30, 2022 | 1,260% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 39 | 3 | January 31, 2022 | 103% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 25 | 1 | June 30, 2022 | |
| Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3] | 3 | 13 | 1 | June 30, 2022 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 9 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 9 | 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 PA0279722.
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.