Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0233161

DOUGLAS ORBAKER & PENN GARVIN, Mifflinburg, PA: NPDES PA0233161 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

DOUGLAS ORBAKER & PENN GARVIN holds NPDES permit PA0233161, which discharges to Sweitzers Run. EPA’s file records it issued November 4, 2021 and expiring November 30, 2026.

DOUGLAS ORBAKER & PENN GARVIN, Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0233161; Effective; issued November 4, 2021, term to November 30, 2026, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to Sweitzers Run.

October 18, 2023: Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs (ST6).
October 18, 2023: Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample (ST6).

DOUGLAS ORBAKER & PENN GARVIN among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 17 discharge permits in the Middle Penns Creek subwatershed (HUC 020503010405), PA0233161 among them.

Other permits in the Middle Penns Creek subwatershed (HUC 020503010405)

CEDAR SPRINGS CHURCH, Middleburg: PAC550110, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
DANA WEAVER LAYER HOUSE, Limestone, Township Of: PAC600137, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
DAVID HOOVER CALF BARN, Lewis, Township Of: PAC600145, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
DAVID REIFF HEIFER BARN, Mifflinburg: PAC600132, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
JONATHAN HORNING AG OPERATION, Middleburg: PAC550093, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
LAMAR HOOVER LAYER HOUSE, Limestone, Township Of: PAC600162, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
LAVON ZIMMERMAN AG OPERATION, Limestone, Township Of: PAC600157, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
LEWIS TOWNSHIP WWTP - UPGRADE AND EXPANSION, Millmont: PAC600100, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2027
MARTIN'S GREENHOUSE, Mifflinburg: PAC600158, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
MERVIN ZIMMERMAN LAYER HOUSE, Hartley, Township Of: PAC600152, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029

Identity

Facility as filed	DOUGLAS ORBAKER & PENN GARVIN
Permittee as filed	DOUGLAS ORBAKER & PENN GARVIN
NPDES ID	PA0233161
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 4, 2021
Expiration date	November 30, 2026
Issuing agency	State Environmental Organization
Address	Mifflinburg, PA 17844
Receiving water	Sweitzers Run
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Middle Penns Creek (HUC 020503010405)

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES PA0233161.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 18, 2023	Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs	ST6
October 18, 2023	Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PA0233161.

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 PA0233161.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit PA0233161, held by DOUGLAS ORBAKER & PENN GARVIN in Mifflinburg, PA, which discharges to Sweitzers Run within the Middle Penns Creek subwatershed (HUC 020503010405). The permit is listed as Effective and as an individual minor discharger permit, issued November 4, 2021 and expiring November 30, 2026, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 0 pollutants on file.