Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0243477
TRIPP MINE, Irvona, PA: NPDES PA0243477 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TRIPP MINE, held by WAROQUIER COAL CO, holds NPDES permit PA0243477, which discharges to Unt To Clearfield Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 3, 2017 and expiring May 30, 2021. 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 filed | TRIPP MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WAROQUIER COAL CO |
| NPDES ID | PA0243477 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 3, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 30, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Irvona, PA 16656 |
| Receiving water | UNT To Clearfield Creek |
| Subwatershed | Middle Clearfield Creek (HUC 020502010307) |
| SIC | 1221 – 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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 0 | 468 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 442 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 390 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 390 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 286 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 234 | 0 | ||
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 234 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3] | 0 | 234 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 130 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 130 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 130 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 130 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 52 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0243477.
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0243477.
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.