Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0244881
VICTORY GARDENS QUAKERTOWN FACILITY, Quakertown, PA: NPDES PA0244881 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VICTORY GARDENS QUAKERTOWN FACILITY, held by VICTORY GARDENS INC, holds NPDES permit PA0244881, which discharges to Unt To Unami Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 19, 2017 and expiring April 30, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | VICTORY GARDENS QUAKERTOWN FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VICTORY GARDENS INC |
| NPDES ID | PA0244881 |
| 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 | April 19, 2017 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Quakertown, PA 18951 |
| Receiving water | UNT To Unami Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Unami Creek (HUC 020402030804) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 16 | 6 | December 31, 2025 | 233% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 11 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | 60% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 2 | 10 | 0 |
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
- 7Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2026 | Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees | ST6 |
| October 16, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| July 2, 2024 | Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees | ST6 |
| August 3, 2021 | Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees | ST6 |
| September 22, 2020 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| September 22, 2020 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| August 5, 2020 | Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees | ST6 |
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 September 15, 2026.