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Discharge permits in Pennsylvania

14,586Current permits
106Major dischargers
5,212Individual permits

A major discharger is one EPA rates as significant on volume, toxicity or the water it reaches; the rest are minors. An individual permit is written for one operation, while general permit coverage applies a statewide permit to a site that qualifies for it.

This page gathers Pennsylvania’s current permits three ways below — by the program they are issued under, by the city of the discharge, and by watershed. It names 6 programs, 1,192 cities and 1,254 watersheds. Each list says which set it covers.

Every permit’s record

Each of the 14,586 current permits in Pennsylvania has a record page: the permittee, the receiving water, the status and dates, and its effluent limits and exceedances. Each city below lists its own; or every permit in Pennsylvania, A to Z.

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By what is permitted in Pennsylvania

By city

The 400 cities with the most permits. All 1,192 cities in Pennsylvania with 3 or more permits are listed at every city in Pennsylvania.

Watersheds inside Pennsylvania 1,254

Every watershed with three or more permits in Pennsylvania, most permits first.

All 1,254 watersheds in Pennsylvania with 3 or more permits are named on one page at every watershed in Pennsylvania.

Other states

Every state carrying three or more current permits, in alphabetical order.

Permits

Major dischargers first. Not every permit in Pennsylvania is listed here.

Permit holder	NPDES ID	City	Program	Discharger	Receiving water
ABINGTON TOWNSHIP STP	PA0026867	ROSLYN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Sandy Run
ALBION BORO WWTP	PA0023124	ALBION	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	East Branch Conneaut Creek
ALLEGHENY VLY JT SEW AUTH STP	PA0026255	PITTSBURGH	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Deer Creek
ALLENTOWN CITY	PA0063665	ALLENTOWN		Major	LEHIGH RIV/LITTLE LEHIGH CK/OTHER C
ALTOONA EASTERLY STP	PA0027014	ALTOONA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Upper Little Juniata River
ALTOONA WESTERLY STP	PA0027022	DUNCANSVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Mill Run-Beaverdam Branch
AMBRIDGE BORO STP	PA0027146	AMBRIDGE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	UNT To Ohio River
AMITY TWP STP	PA0070351	DOUGLASSVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Schuylkill River
APPVION OPR (APPLETON PAPERS)	PA0008265	ROARING SPRING		Major	FRANKSTOWN BRANCH JUNIATA RIVER
AQUA PA MEDIA STP	PA0024121	MEDIA		Major	Ridley Creek
BEDFORD STP	PA0022209	BEDFORD	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Shobers Run
BETHLEHEM CITY WWTP	PA0026042	BETHLEHEM	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Lehigh River & Saucon Creek
BIG SEWICKLEY WWTP	PA0218413	SEWICKLEY	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Big Sewickley Creek
BLAIRSVILLE MUNI AUTH STP	PA0021610	BLAIRSVILLE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	CONEMAUGH RIVER
BLUE ROCK WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY FAC	PA0042269	WASHINGTON BORO	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Dry Run
BRISTOL BOROUGH WPC PLANT	PA0027294	BRISTOL	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Delaware River
BRODHEAD CREEK REGIONAL AUTHORITY WWTP	PA0029289	STROUDSBURG	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	MCMICHAEL CREEK
BRUCE MANSFIELD POWER STA	PA0027481	SHIPPINGPORT		Major	HAYDEN RUN CREEK
BRUNNER ISLAND LLC	PA0008281	YORK HAVEN		Major	Susquehanna River
BRUSH CREEK STP	PA0027570	NORTH HUNTINGDON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Brush Creek
CALPINE MID MERIT II, LLC	PA0088781	DELTA		Major	UNT To Susquehanna River
CASCADE TISSUE GROUP PA INC (FORMERLY POPE & TALBOT)	PA0007919	RANSOM		Major	SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN WTRSHD 7-K
CHARLEROI BORO AUTH STP	PA0026891	CHARLEROI	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	UNT To Monongahela River
CLEVELAND CLIFFS CONSHOHOCKEN PLT	PA0050326	CONSHOHOCKEN		Major	Schuylkill River
COLUMBIA MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY WWTF	PA0026123	COLUMBIA	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN WATERSHED 7-G
CONEMAUGH GENERATING STA	PA0005011	NEW FLORENCE		Major	UNT To Conemaugh River
CONNEAUT LAKE JT MUN AUTH STP	PA0021598	CONNEAUT LAKE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Conneaut Outlet
CTL WAYNE REG AUTH	PA0023469	HONESDALE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	LACKAWAXEN RIVER IN WTRSHD 1-B
DARRAGH STP	PA0096211	DARRAGH	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Little Sewickley Creek
DUQUESNE STP	PA0026981	DUQUESNE	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Thompson Run
EAST PENNSBORO STP	PA0038415	CAMP HILL	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	UNT To Conodoguinet Creek
EAST STROUDSBURG BOROUGH WWTP	PA0020168	EAST STROUDSBURG	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	BRODHEAD CREEK
EDGAR THOMSON PLT	PA0094510	BRADDOCK		Major	Monongahela River
EXELON PEACH BOTTOM ATOMIC POWER STATION	PA0009733	DELTA		Major	Unnamed Tributary To Susquehanna River
FAIRCHANCE GEORGES STP	PA0096342	SMITHFIELD	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Georges Creek
FRANKLIN CITY STP	PA0026174	FRANKLIN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	FRENCH CREEK & ALLEGHENY RIVER
GEO SPECIALTY CHEM ALLENTOWN PLT	PA0070505	ALLENTOWN		Major	Unnamed Stream
GIRARD POINT PROCESSING AREA	PA0011533	PHILADELPHIA		Major	Schuykill River
GR HAZLETON JT SEW AUTH WWTP	PA0026921	HAZLETON	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	Black Creek
GREEN STREET STP	PA0021181	DOYLESTOWN	Publicly owned treatment works	Major	UNT To Neshaminy Creek

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