Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAG034117
WENGER FEEDS ESBENSHADE MILL, Elizabethtown, PA: NPDES PAG034117 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WENGER FEEDS ESBENSHADE MILL, held by WENGER FEEDS LLC - ESBENSHADE MILL, holds NPDES permit PAG034117, which discharges to Chiques Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 9, 2025 and expiring March 23, 2028. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WENGER FEEDS ESBENSHADE MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WENGER FEEDS LLC - ESBENSHADE MILL |
| NPDES ID | PAG034117 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 9, 2025 |
| Expiration date | March 23, 2028 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Elizabethtown, PA 17022 |
| Receiving water | Chiques Creek |
| Subwatershed | Lower Chickies Creek (HUC 020503060804) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAG034117.
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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2026 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
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 15, 2026.