Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0061182
BIG BOULDER WWTP, Blakeslee, PA: NPDES PA0061182 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG BOULDER WWTP, held by BIG BOULDER CORP, holds NPDES permit PA0061182, which discharges to Unt To Tunkhannock Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 4, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2023. 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 | BIG BOULDER WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BIG BOULDER CORP |
| NPDES ID | PA0061182 |
| 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 | January 4, 2018 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Blakeslee, PA 18610 |
| Receiving water | UNT To Tunkhannock Creek |
| Subwatershed | Tunkhannock Creek (HUC 020401060103) |
| 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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 12 | 7 | April 30, 2026 | 157% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 11 | 6 | March 31, 2026 | 284% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 8 | 4 | January 31, 2026 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 4 | December 31, 2025 | 343% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 7 | 2 | July 31, 2024 | 148% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 6 | 2 | May 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 6 | 1 | September 30, 2023 | 10% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 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
- 13Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 24, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 24, 2026 | Failure to minimize or prevent SSO to waters of the U.S. - adverse impacts [40 CFR 122.41(d)] | ST6 |
| August 24, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| August 24, 2026 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| March 30, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 30, 2026 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| November 24, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| November 24, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| November 24, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| May 23, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| May 23, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| February 24, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| February 24, 2020 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | 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.