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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAD480179

HELLERTOWN UPGRADE PROJECT, Bethlehem, PA: NPDES PAD480179 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HELLERTOWN UPGRADE PROJECT, held by UGI UTILITIES INC, holds NPDES permit PAD480179, which discharges to East Branch Saucon Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 13, 2022 and expiring December 12, 2027. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for HELLERTOWN UPGRADE PROJECT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES PAD480179.

Identity

Facility as filedHELLERTOWN UPGRADE PROJECT
Permittee as filedUGI UTILITIES INC
NPDES IDPAD480179
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 13, 2022
Expiration dateDecember 12, 2027
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressBethlehem, PA 18015
Receiving waterEast Branch Saucon Creek
SubwatershedSaucon Creek (HUC 020401060811)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES PAD480179.

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 PAD480179.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.