Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0245038
GMA GARNET FAIRLESS HILLS FACILITY, Fairless Hills, PA: NPDES PA0245038 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GMA GARNET FAIRLESS HILLS FACILITY, held by GMA GARNET (USA) CORP, holds NPDES permit PA0245038, which discharges to Unt To Delaware River. EPA’s file records it issued August 7, 2025 and expiring May 31, 2029. 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 | GMA GARNET FAIRLESS HILLS FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GMA GARNET (USA) CORP |
| NPDES ID | PA0245038 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 7, 2025 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2029 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Fairless Hills, PA 19030 |
| Receiving water | UNT To Delaware River |
| Subwatershed | Van Sciver Lake-Delaware River (HUC 020402010404) |
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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 4 | 9 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0245038.
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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2025 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | 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.