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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0241776

SENECA MINE, Evans City, PA: NPDES PA0241776 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SENECA MINE, held by SENECA LDFL INC, holds NPDES permit PA0241776, which discharges to Unt Of Connoquenessing Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 6, 2020 and expiring October 3, 2025. 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 filedSENECA MINE
Permittee as filedSENECA LDFL INC
NPDES IDPA0241776
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
IssuedOctober 6, 2020
Expiration dateOctober 3, 2025
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressEvans City, PA 16033
Receiving waterUNT Of Connoquenessing Creek
SubwatershedLittle Connoquenessing Creek-Connoquenessing Creek (HUC 050301050102)
SIC1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

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

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
Aluminum, total [as Al]684January 31, 2023468% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]6153December 31, 2022312% over the limit
Manganese, total [as Mn]6142December 31, 202257% over the limit
pH4102January 31, 2023
Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3]251December 31, 20222,147,483,650% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6120
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]240
Acidity, total [as CaCO3]240
Temperature, water deg. centigrade040
Specific conductance040
Sulfate, total [as SO4]040
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant040

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0241776.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES PA0241776 for the SENECA MINE in Evans City, PA, held by SENECA LDFL INC and discharging to UNT Of Connoquenessing Creek, with its status shown as administratively continued. The page lists 8 as the discharger class, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.