Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0247073
SUNNYSIDE STP, Hopewell, PA: NPDES PA0247073 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SUNNYSIDE STP, held by HOPEWELL TWP BEDFORD CNTY, holds NPDES permit PA0247073, which discharges to Yellow Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2020 and expiring August 31, 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 filed | SUNNYSIDE STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HOPEWELL TWP BEDFORD CNTY |
| NPDES ID | PA0247073 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 17, 2020 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Hopewell, PA 16650 |
| Receiving water | Yellow Creek |
| Subwatershed | Sixmile Run-Raystown Branch Juniata River (HUC 020503030802) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 28 | 26 | February 28, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 13 | 6 | March 31, 2023 | 31% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 6 | 2 | January 31, 2025 | 26% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light intensity | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 8, 2019 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| October 30, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | 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 October 14, 2026.