Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0264024

HICKORY TWP STP, Tionesta, PA: NPDES PA0264024 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

HICKORY TWP STP, held by HICKORY TWP FOREST CNTY, holds NPDES permit PA0264024, which discharges to East Hickory Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 5, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2025.

HICKORY TWP STP, Tionesta, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0264024, held by HICKORY TWP FOREST CNTY; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 5, 2020, term to November 30, 2025, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to East Hickory Creek; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Solids, total suspended: 7 limits, 82 violations of any kind, 37 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 2025, largest 2,200% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 2 limits, 41 violations of any kind, 23 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2020, largest 99,999% over the limit.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 8 limits, 42 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2022, largest 700% over the limit.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 15 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2019, largest 88% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2019.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 3 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2022, largest 760% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 3 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Ultraviolet light intensity: 0 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

July 18, 2019: Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation (ST6).
April 10, 2018: Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application (ST6).

HICKORY TWP STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the East Hickory Creek subwatershed (HUC 050100030104), PA0264024 among them. Its county holds 4, 0 of them major permits; PA0264024 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the East Hickory Creek subwatershed (HUC 050100030104)

121 OLD ROUTE 62 SFTF, East Hickory: PA0296163, minor permit, discharging to Prather Run, permit term to July 31, 2030
NORTHWEST HARDWOODS ENDEAVOR FAC, Endeavor: PAS228302, minor permit, discharging to East Hickory Creek, permit term to December 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	HICKORY TWP STP
Permittee as filed	HICKORY TWP FOREST CNTY
NPDES ID	PA0264024
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	November 5, 2020
Expiration date	November 30, 2025
Issuing agency	State Environmental Organization
Address	Tionesta, PA 16353
Receiving water	East Hickory Creek
Subwatershed	East Hickory Creek (HUC 050100030104)
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Solids, total suspended	7	82	37	September 30, 2025	2,200% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	41	23	June 30, 2020	99,999% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	8	42	6	June 30, 2022	700% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	15	6	April 30, 2019	88% over the limit
pH	2	21	3	January 31, 2019
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	3	14	3	October 31, 2022	760% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	18	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	9	0
Ultraviolet light intensity	0	7	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	4	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	2	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	2	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 18, 2019	Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation	ST6
April 10, 2018	Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PA0264024.

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 PA0264024.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES PA0264024 for HICKORY TWP STP in Tionesta, PA, held by HICKORY TWP in FOREST CNTY, which discharges to East Hickory Creek in the East Hickory Creek subwatershed (HUC 050100030104). The page lists the permit as administratively continued, classed as a Minor Discharger, with 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.