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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0219258

MECHLING-SHAKLEY VETERANS CTR, Cowansville, PA: NPDES PA0219258 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MECHLING-SHAKLEY VETERANS CTR, held by MECHLING SHAKLEY VETERANS CTR INC, holds NPDES permit PA0219258, which discharges to Unt Of Patterson Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 14, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024.

MECHLING-SHAKLEY VETERANS CTR, Cowansville, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0219258, held by MECHLING SHAKLEY VETERANS CTR INC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 14, 2019, term to March 31, 2024, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to UNT Of Patterson Creek.

  • Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2025, largest 103% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2025, largest 761% over the limit.
  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 3 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2020, largest 40% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2017, largest 633% over the limit.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 4 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2023, largest 47% over the limit.
  • Coliform, fecal general: 4 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest February 28, 2018, largest 6% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 2 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.
  • December 28, 2023: Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees (ST6).

MECHLING-SHAKLEY VETERANS CTR among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Patterson Creek subwatershed (HUC 050100090101), PA0219258 among them. Its county holds 51, 0 of them major permits; PA0219258 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Patterson Creek subwatershed (HUC 050100090101)

Identity

Facility as filedMECHLING-SHAKLEY VETERANS CTR
Permittee as filedMECHLING SHAKLEY VETERANS CTR INC
NPDES IDPA0219258
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
IssuedMarch 14, 2019
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2024
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressCowansville, PA 16218
Receiving waterUNT Of Patterson Creek
SubwatershedPatterson Creek (HUC 050100090101)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Solids, total suspended3148December 31, 2025103% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4106June 30, 2025761% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3115May 31, 202040% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual273December 31, 2017633% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]142August 31, 202347% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general451February 28, 20186% over the limit
pH240
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant120
Nitrogen, total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
December 28, 2023Permit Violations - Failure to Pay FeesST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PA0219258.

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 PA0219258.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit PA0219258, held by MECHLING SHAKLEY VETERANS CTR INC for MECHLING-SHAKLEY VETERANS CTR in Cowansville, PA, with a status of administratively continued and a discharger class of 10. The permit lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it discharges to UNT Of Patterson Creek in the Patterson Creek subwatershed (HUC 050100090101).