Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0020249
ROARING SPRING STP, Roaring Spring, PA: NPDES PA0020249 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROARING SPRING STP, held by ROARING SPRING BORO MUNI AUTH BLAIR CNTY, holds NPDES permit PA0020249, which discharges to Frankstown Branch Juniata River. EPA’s file records it issued January 31, 2020 and expiring January 31, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ROARING SPRING STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ROARING SPRING BORO MUNI AUTH BLAIR CNTY |
| NPDES ID | PA0020249 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 31, 2020 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Roaring Spring, PA 16673 |
| Receiving water | Frankstown Branch Juniata River |
| Subwatershed | South Poplar Run-Frankstown Branch Juniata River (HUC 020503020102) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 12 | 10 | August 31, 2021 | 2,320% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, Total | 4 | 7 | 2 | September 30, 2019 | 74% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 3 | 1 | May 31, 2020 | 5% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Total | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Ammonia Total | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light intensity | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bromide [as Br] | 1 | 1 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| January 15, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| October 12, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | 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 October 14, 2026.