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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0225428

SMITH HAWKS NEST QUARRY, Starlight, PA: NPDES PA0225428 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SMITH HAWKS NEST QUARRY, held by JOSHUA SMITH, holds NPDES permit PA0225428, which discharges to Balls Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 14, 2017 and expiring December 13, 2022.

SMITH HAWKS NEST QUARRY, Starlight, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0225428, held by JOSHUA SMITH; Effective; issued December 14, 2017, term to December 13, 2022, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to Balls Creek.

  • February 25, 2026: Audit (S).

SMITH HAWKS NEST QUARRY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Balls Creek-Lower West Branch Delaware River subwatershed (HUC 020401010307), PA0225428 among them. Its county holds 26, 2 of them major permits; PA0225428 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Balls Creek-Lower West Branch Delaware River subwatershed (HUC 020401010307)

  • MASTERS RMC, INC STARLIGHT PLANT, Starlight: PAS212221, minor permit, discharging to UNT To Shehawken Creek, permit term to October 31, 2024
  • PAP'S COUNTRY MARKET, Preston Park: PA0061506, minor permit, discharging to UNT To Shehawken Creek, permit term to February 28, 2030

Identity

Facility as filedSMITH HAWKS NEST QUARRY
Permittee as filedJOSHUA SMITH
NPDES IDPA0225428
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 14, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 13, 2022
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressStarlight, PA 18461
Receiving waterBalls Creek
SubwatershedBalls Creek-Lower West Branch Delaware River (HUC 020401010307)

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES PA0225428.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0225428.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 25, 2026AuditS

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 PA0225428.

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

What this page shows

SMITH HAWKS NEST QUARRY is one of 3 NPDES permits in the Balls Creek-Lower West Branch Delaware River subwatershed and one of 10 individual permits in Wayne County. It has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance.