Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0613151
H & K GROUP COLONY QUARRY, New Hope, PA: NPDES PA0613151 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
H & K GROUP COLONY QUARRY, held by H & K GROUP INC, holds NPDES permit PA0613151, which discharges to Geddes Run. EPA’s file records it issued May 7, 2018 and expiring July 2, 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 | H & K GROUP COLONY QUARRY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | H & K GROUP INC |
| NPDES ID | PA0613151 |
| 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 | May 7, 2018 |
| Expiration date | July 2, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | New Hope, PA 18938 |
| Receiving water | Geddes Run |
| Subwatershed | Lower Tohickon Creek (HUC 020401050703) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3] | 6 | 31 | 1 | November 30, 2019 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 6 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 6 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 10 | 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 PA0613151.
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.