Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0257630

JUSTICE NORTH, Frenchville, PA: NPDES PA0257630 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

JUSTICE NORTH, held by RES COAL LLC, holds NPDES permit PA0257630, which discharges to Bald Hill Run. EPA’s file records it issued May 15, 2018 and expiring May 21, 2023.

JUSTICE NORTH, Frenchville, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0257630, held by RES COAL LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 15, 2018, term to May 21, 2023, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to Bald Hill Run.

pH: 44 limits, 220 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 36 limits, 180 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 30 limits, 150 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 30 limits, 150 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]: 22 limits, 110 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Acidity, total [as CaCO3]: 22 limits, 110 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3]: 22 limits, 110 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 0 limits, 80 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Specific conductance: 0 limits, 80 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 0 limits, 80 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 0 limits, 80 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 30 limits, 50 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 6 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Osmotic pressure, total, unf whl wtr: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by RES COAL LLC

BEAN/MILLS, Mahaffey: PA0116939, issued February 5, 2016
CLEARFIELD SIDING, West Decatur: PA0215694, issued February 8, 2021
SURVEYOR RUN 1 MINE, Frenchville: PA0219584, issued June 30, 2015
CLEARFIELD REFUSE, West Decatur: PA0236616, issued January 23, 2025
ELLIS OPR, Osceola Mills: PA0243833, issued January 22, 2020
DEER CREEK WEST OPERATION, Frenchville: PA0256391, issued March 27, 2013
RIDGE ROAD #2 OPERATION, Frenchville: PA0256579, issued August 31, 2018
TRI COUNTY OPERATION, Punxsutawney: PA0256617, issued October 5, 2015
SHAW 2 MINE, Frenchville: PA0257257, issued December 23, 2021
JUSTICE SOUTH MINE, Frenchville: PA0257605, issued January 25, 2018

JUSTICE NORTH among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 22 discharge permits in the Millstone Run-West Branch Susquehanna River subwatershed (HUC 020502010707), PA0257630 among them.

Other permits in the Millstone Run-West Branch Susquehanna River subwatershed (HUC 020502010707)

515 BEAR HILL RD SRSTP, Woodland: PAG045090, minor permit, discharging to Bear Run, permit term to November 11, 2028
BRETH 1, Clearfield: PA0609609, minor permit, discharging to Lick Run, permit term to February 4, 2019
CENTRE CONCRETE STORMWATER PAR214836, Woodland: PAG034958, minor permit, discharging to Abes Run, permit term to March 23, 2028
CENTRE CONCRETE STORMWATER PAR214836, State College: PAR214836, minor permit, discharging to UNT TO ABES RUN, permit term to July 31, 2014
EVANS ROAD SOLAR, Bradford, Township Of: PAC170106, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
FORUM US INC CLEARFIELD PLANT, Clearfield: PAG034934, minor permit, discharging to West Branch Susquehanna River, permit term to March 23, 2028
FORUM US INC CLEARFIELD PLANT, Clearfield: PAR204834, minor permit, discharging to West Branch Susquehanna River, permit term to September 30, 2018
FREDERICK R CLEAVER JR & CHRISTINE R CLEAVER, Woodland: PA0233226, minor permit, discharging to Sulphur Run, permit term to June 30, 2027
GREENLAND, DANIEL J, Woodland: PAG044804, minor permit, discharging to UNT TO WEST BRANCH OF SUSQUEHANNA R, permit term to August 31, 2000
HALEY R GATHAGAN, Woodland: PAG045075, minor permit, discharging to Millstone Run, permit term to August 1, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	JUSTICE NORTH
Permittee as filed	RES COAL LLC
NPDES ID	PA0257630
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	May 15, 2018
Expiration date	May 21, 2023
Issuing agency	State Environmental Organization
Address	Frenchville, PA 16836
Receiving water	Bald Hill Run
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Millstone Run-West Branch Susquehanna River (HUC 020502010707)

Effluent limits and exceedances

14Pollutants on file
10Under 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
pH	44	220
Iron, total [as Fe]	36	180
Solids, total suspended	30	150
Manganese, total [as Mn]	30	150
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]	22	110
Acidity, total [as CaCO3]	22	110
Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3]	22	110
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	0	80
Specific conductance	0	80
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	0	80
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	0	80
Aluminum, total [as Al]	30	50
Solids, settleable	6	30
Osmotic pressure, total, unf whl wtr	4	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0257630.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0257630.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PA0257630.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES PA0257630.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES PA0257630, held by RES COAL LLC for the JUSTICE NORTH facility in Frenchville, PA, which discharges to Bald Hill Run within the Millstone Run-West Branch Susquehanna River subwatershed (HUC 020502010707). The page lists the permit as administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class of 10, and reports 0 pollutants under a numeric limit with an effluent exceedance, out of 14 pollutants on file, 10 under a numeric limit, and 13 with a violation.