Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0056481

L & S ESTATES STP, Pipersville, PA: NPDES PA0056481 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

L & S ESTATES STP, held by OAK GROVE COUNTRY INN LLC, holds NPDES permit PA0056481, which discharges to Unt To Cabin Run. EPA’s file records it issued April 3, 2012 and expiring April 30, 2017. 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	L & S ESTATES STP
Permittee as filed	OAK GROVE COUNTRY INN LLC
NPDES ID	PA0056481
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	April 3, 2012
Expiration date	April 30, 2017
Issuing agency	State Environmental Organization
Address	Pipersville, PA 18947
Receiving water	UNT To Cabin Run
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Lower Tohickon Creek (HUC 020401050703)
SIC	7011 – Hotels And Motels

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

8Pollutants on file
0Under 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
pH	0	190	0
Chlorine, total residual	0	190	0
Coliform, fecal general	0	190	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	0	95	0
Solids, total suspended	0	95	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	0	95	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	0	95	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	0	95	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0056481.

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

9Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 8, 2026	Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees	ST6
July 10, 2025	Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees	ST6
July 2, 2024	Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees	ST6
August 2, 2023	Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees	ST6
August 2, 2022	Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees	ST6
May 31, 2022	Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application	ST6
May 15, 2019	Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs	ST6
May 15, 2019	Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit	ST6
May 15, 2019	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 8, 2026	Audit	S

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 8, 2026	Notice of Violation	State

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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L & S ESTATES STP, Pipersville, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0056481, held by OAK GROVE COUNTRY INN LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 3, 2012, term to April 30, 2017, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to UNT To Cabin Run.

pH: 0 limits, 190 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 0 limits, 190 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 190 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 0 limits, 95 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 95 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 0 limits, 95 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 0 limits, 95 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 0 limits, 95 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

July 8, 2026: Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees (ST6).
July 8, 2026: Audit (S).
July 8, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).
July 10, 2025: Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees (ST6).
July 2, 2024: Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees (ST6).
August 2, 2023: Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees (ST6).
August 2, 2022: Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees (ST6).
May 31, 2022: Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application (ST6).
May 15, 2019: Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs (ST6).
May 15, 2019: Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit (ST6).
May 15, 2019: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

L & S ESTATES STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 19 discharge permits in the Lower Tohickon Creek subwatershed (HUC 020401050703), PA0056481 among them. Its county holds 217, 2 of them major permits; PA0056481 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Tohickon Creek subwatershed (HUC 020401050703)

1250 BRISTOL ROAD, Warminster Township: PAC090634, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
1824 DEEP RUN ROAD SFSTP, Pipersville: PA0058599, minor permit, discharging to UNT To Cabin Run, permit term to September 30, 2027
611 METALS RECYCLING FACILITY, Pipersville: PAG030129, minor permit, discharging to UNT To Cabin Run, permit term to March 23, 2028
APPLEBUTTER ROAD DEVELOPMENT, Plumstead Township: PAC090663, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
BEDMINSTER STP, Perkasie: PA0058343, minor permit, discharging to UNT To Deep Run, permit term to December 31, 2024
BUCKS COUNTY USED AUTO PARTS/NUBRION AUTO PARTS, Pipersville: PAG030285, minor permit, discharging to UNT To Tohickon Creek, permit term to March 23, 2028
CLINTON MAJOR SUBDIVISION, Plumstead Township: PAC090571, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
CURTIS TRACT, Bedminster Township: PAC090472, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
DUBLIN BORO STP, Bedminster: PA0021741, minor permit, discharging to Deep Run, permit term to November 30, 2024
H & K GROUP COLONY QUARRY, New Hope: PA0613151, minor permit, discharging to Geddes Run, permit term to July 2, 2023

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit PA0056481 for the L & S ESTATES STP in Pipersville, PA, held by OAK GROVE COUNTRY INN LLC and discharging to UNT To Cabin Run. The permit is administratively continued, is a minor discharger, and lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.