Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0599549
BIG COVE QUARRY, Big Cove Tannery, PA: NPDES PA0599549 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG COVE QUARRY, held by BIG COVE QUARRY LLC, holds NPDES permit PA0599549, which discharges to Unt To Esther Run. EPA’s file records it issued August 23, 2022 and expiring January 15, 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 | BIG COVE QUARRY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BIG COVE QUARRY LLC |
| NPDES ID | PA0599549 |
| 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 23, 2022 |
| Expiration date | January 15, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Big Cove Tannery, PA 17212 |
| Receiving water | UNT To Esther Run |
| Subwatershed | Big Cove Creek (HUC 020700040302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 7With 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 | 6 | 50 | 3 | May 31, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 85 | 1 | May 31, 2019 | |
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 6 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 6 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3] | 6 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 4 | 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 PA0599549.
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.