Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0021202

EAST BERLIN AREA JT AUTH - STP, East Berlin, PA: NPDES PA0021202 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
18Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

EAST BERLIN AREA JT AUTH - STP, held by EAST BERLIN BORO MUNI AUTH ADAMS CNTY, holds NPDES permit PA0021202, which discharges to Conewago Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 2016 and expiring April 30, 2021.

EAST BERLIN AREA JT AUTH - STP, East Berlin, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0021202, held by EAST BERLIN BORO MUNI AUTH ADAMS CNTY; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 31, 2016, term to April 30, 2021, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to Conewago Creek.

Coliform, fecal general: 4 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest February 28, 2026, largest 20% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 7 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 3 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Total: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, Total: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Ultraviolet light intensity: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Ammonia Total: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

December 4, 2025: Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified Operator (ST6).

Pennsylvania holds 261 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 62 were issued before PA0021202.

Coverages issued nearest PA0021202

June 24, 2015: DUSHORE SEW AUTH WWTP, Dushore, PA0042722, held by DUSHORE BORO SEW AUTH SULLIVAN CNTY
July 7, 2015: MOORESBURG WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Danville, PA0209261, held by LIBERTY TWP MONTOUR CNTY
September 14, 2015: TOWANDA MUNI AUTH, Towanda, PA0034576, held by TOWANDA BORO MUNI AUTH BRADFORD CNTY
October 22, 2015: HALLSTEAD GREAT BEND JT SEW AUTH, Great Bend, PA0060518, held by HALLSTEAD & GREAT BEND BORO SUSQUEHANNA CNTY JSA
November 20, 2015: SPRING CITY BORO STP, Spring City, PA0028614, held by SPRING CITY BORO CHESTER CNTY
May 18, 2016: WAMPUM BOROUGH STP, Wampum, PA0025445, held by WAMPUM BORO LAWRENCE CNTY
June 10, 2016: SANDY TWP STP, Dubois, PA0101290, held by SANDY TWP CLEARFIELD CNTY
June 16, 2016: PENNLAND FARMS STP, Perkasie, PA0244066, held by BEDMINSTER MUNI AUTH BUCKS CNTY
July 7, 2016: SHADY AVE STP, Brownsville, PA0022306, held by BROWNSVILLE MUNI AUTH FAYETTE CNTY
July 12, 2016: BRAVE STP, Brave, PA0092266, held by BRAVE WATER & SEW AUTH

EAST BERLIN AREA JT AUTH - STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 24 discharge permits in the Boro of East Berlin-Conewago Creek subwatershed (HUC 020503060204), PA0021202 among them. Its county holds 220, 1 of them major permits; PA0021202 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Boro of East Berlin-Conewago Creek subwatershed (HUC 020503060204)

224 EAST KING STREET, East Berlin, Borough Of: PAC010273, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
AMZ MANU CORP INC WEST, East Berlin: PAG033827, minor permit, discharging to Conewago Creek, permit term to March 23, 2028
BERWICK TWP STP, New Oxford: PA0087921, minor permit, discharging to UNT To Pine Run, permit term to February 28, 2025
BRICKYARD ROAD CARLISLE PIKE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, Oxford, Township Of: PAC010247, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2024
BRIDGEVIEW, LLC, Berwick, Township Of: PAC010133, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2024
COLUMBIA GAS OF PA - LINCOLN HIGHWAY, Berwick, Township Of: PAC010245, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2024
GLABVIEW ACRES STP - HAMILTON TWP, New Oxford: PA0082945, minor permit, discharging to CONEWAGO CREEK IN WATERSHED 7-F, permit term to July 1, 2006
HAMPTON HEIGHTS PHASE IV, Reading, Township Of: PAC010131, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2024
HILLTOP STORAGE, Oxford, Township Of: PAC010220, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2024
KINNEMAN HOLDINGS, Berwick, Township Of: PAC010142, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2024

Identity

Facility as filed	EAST BERLIN AREA JT AUTH - STP
Permittee as filed	EAST BERLIN BORO MUNI AUTH ADAMS CNTY
NPDES ID	PA0021202
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 31, 2016
Expiration date	April 30, 2021
Issuing agency	State Environmental Organization
Address	East Berlin, PA 17316
Receiving water	Conewago Creek
Subwatershed	Boro of East Berlin-Conewago Creek (HUC 020503060204)

Effluent limits and exceedances

18Pollutants on file
18Under a numeric limit
18With a violation of any kind
2With 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	7	3	February 28, 2026	99,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	3	1	February 28, 2026	20% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	7	14	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	4	8	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	6	0
Nitrogen, Total	4	4	0
Phosphorus, Total	4	4	0
pH	2	4	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	4	0
Ultraviolet light intensity	2	4	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	4	0
Nitrogen, Ammonia Total	2	2	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	2	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	1	2	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	1	2	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	2	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total	1	2	0
Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total	1	2	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
December 4, 2025	Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified Operator	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PA0021202.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES PA0021202.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES PA0021202 for the East Berlin Area JT Auth - STP in East Berlin, PA, held by East Berlin Boro Muni Auth Adams Cnty, a minor discharger classed as a publicly owned treatment works that discharges to Conewago Creek. The page lists the permit as administratively continued, with 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it gives the issued and expiration dates as March 31, 2016 and April 30, 2021.