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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0613037

H & K GROUP LOCUST RIDGE QUARRY, Pocono Lake, PA: NPDES PA0613037 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

H & K GROUP LOCUST RIDGE QUARRY, held by H & K GROUP INC, holds NPDES permit PA0613037, which discharges to Unt To Trout Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2022 and expiring February 15, 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 filedH & K GROUP LOCUST RIDGE QUARRY
Permittee as filedH & K GROUP INC
NPDES IDPA0613037
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 1, 2022
Expiration dateFebruary 15, 2026
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressPocono Lake, PA 18347
Receiving waterUNT To Trout Creek
SubwatershedBrady's Lake-Trout Creek (HUC 020401060202)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended18251July 31, 202149% over the limit
pH36280
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]18140
Acidity, total [as CaCO3]18140
Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3]18120
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant060
Solids, settleable630
Oil & Grease300

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0613037.

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.