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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0203891

WESTERN AREA VOCATIONAL-TECH SCH STP, Canonsburg, PA: NPDES PA0203891 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WESTERN AREA VOCATIONAL-TECH SCH STP, held by WESTERN AREA CAREER & TECH CTR, holds NPDES permit PA0203891, which discharges to Chartiers Run. EPA’s file records it issued September 5, 2017 and expiring September 30, 2022.

WESTERN AREA VOCATIONAL-TECH SCH STP, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0203891, held by WESTERN AREA CAREER & TECH CTR; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 5, 2017, term to September 30, 2022, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to Chartiers Run.

  • Coliform, fecal general: 4 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2025, largest 424% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2018, largest 60% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 8 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2018, largest 48% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2018.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest August 31, 2018, largest 40% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • October 25, 2023: Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation (ST6).
  • December 5, 2018: Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation (ST6).

WESTERN AREA VOCATIONAL-TECH SCH STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 7 discharge permits in the Chartiers Run subwatershed (HUC 050301010101), PA0203891 among them. Its county holds 247, 2 of them major permits; PA0203891 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Chartiers Run subwatershed (HUC 050301010101)

Identity

Facility as filedWESTERN AREA VOCATIONAL-TECH SCH STP
Permittee as filedWESTERN AREA CAREER & TECH CTR
NPDES IDPA0203891
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 5, 2017
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2022
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressCanonsburg, PA 15317
Receiving waterChartiers Run
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedChartiers Run (HUC 050301010101)
SIC8249 – Vocational Schools
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler PAR000029041

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, fecal general495December 31, 2025424% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual295August 31, 201860% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]184June 30, 201848% over the limit
pH251December 31, 2018
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant131August 31, 201840% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]260
Solids, total suspended240
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]240
Nitrogen, total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
October 25, 2023Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
December 5, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PA0203891.

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 PA0203891.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit PA0203891 for WESTERN AREA VOCATIONAL-TECH SCH STP in Canonsburg, PA, held by WESTERN AREA CAREER & TECH CTR, which discharges to Chartiers Run. The permit is listed as a minor discharger, administratively continued, with 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.