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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0263176

MARTIN SHALE PIT NO 7, Greencastle, PA: NPDES PA0263176 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MARTIN SHALE PIT NO 7, held by DAVID H MARTIN EXCAV INC, holds NPDES permit PA0263176, which discharges to Unt Of Conococheague Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 5, 2023 and expiring February 5, 2028. 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 filedMARTIN SHALE PIT NO 7
Permittee as filedDAVID H MARTIN EXCAV INC
NPDES IDPA0263176
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 5, 2023
Expiration dateFebruary 5, 2028
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressGreencastle, PA 17225
Receiving waterUNT Of Conococheague Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedFalling Spring Branch-Conococheague Creek (HUC 020700040805)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH326960
Iron, total [as Fe]323840
Solids, total suspended243660
Acidity, total [as CaCO3]03160
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]03120
Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3]03120
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant16360
Solids, settleable8180

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0263176.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0263176.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES PA0263176 for MARTIN SHALE PIT NO 7 in Greencastle, PA, held by DAVID H MARTIN EXCAV INC, with permit status listed as Effective and discharger class as Minor. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 5 of them under a numeric limit, and 8 with a violation of any kind, with the permit issued December 5, 2023 and expiring February 5, 2028, discharging to UNT Of Conococheague Creek, which is 303(D) listed as impaired.