Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAR123508
MARS CHOCOLATE NORTH AMERICA, Elizabethtown, PA: NPDES PAR123508 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MARS CHOCOLATE NORTH AMERICA, held by MARS SNACKFOOD US LLC, holds NPDES permit PAR123508, which discharges to Conoy Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 2010 and expiring February 28, 2015. 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 | MARS CHOCOLATE NORTH AMERICA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MARS SNACKFOOD US LLC |
| NPDES ID | PAR123508 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 30, 2010 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2015 |
| Address | Elizabethtown, PA 17022 |
| Receiving water | CONOY CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Conoy Creek (HUC 020503061701) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAR123508.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| February 3, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | 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.