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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0269867

SYLVANIA WEST RECLAMATION, Madera, PA: NPDES PA0269867 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SYLVANIA WEST RECLAMATION, held by COREY L SHAWVER DBA HILLTOP COAL CO, holds NPDES permit PA0269867, which discharges to Unt To Japling Run. EPA’s file records it issued May 5, 2021 and expiring May 4, 2026. 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 filedSYLVANIA WEST RECLAMATION
Permittee as filedCOREY L SHAWVER DBA HILLTOP COAL CO
NPDES IDPA0269867
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 5, 2021
Expiration dateMay 4, 2026
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressMadera, PA 16661
Receiving waterUNT To Japling Run
SubwatershedLower Clearfield Creek (HUC 020502010308)

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
pH281120
Iron, total [as Fe]22880
Solids, total suspended18720
Manganese, total [as Mn]18720
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]14560
Acidity, total [as CaCO3]14560
Alkalinity - Acidity [as CaCO3]14560
Temperature, water deg. centigrade10400
Specific conductance10400
Sulfate, total [as SO4]10400
Aluminum, total [as Al]10400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant10400
Solids, settleable4160

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0269867.

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 PA0269867.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 7, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS
April 2, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS
February 17, 2026Reconnaissance without SamplingS

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 PA0269867.

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

The public-records page covers NPDES permit PA0269867 for SYLVANIA WEST RECLAMATION in Madera, PA, held by COREY L SHAWVER DBA HILLTOP COAL CO, which discharges to UNT To Japling Run within the Lower Clearfield Creek watershed (HUC 020502010308). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with an issue date of May 5, 2021 and an expiration date of May 4, 2026, and the page reports 13 pollutants on file, all under a numeric limit, with 0 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.