Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0272736
STATION 4 FIREHOUSE GRILLE, Meadville, PA: NPDES PA0272736 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STATION 4 FIREHOUSE GRILLE, held by COCHRANTON VOL FIRE DEPT, holds NPDES permit PA0272736, which discharges to Unt To French Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 14, 2020 and expiring July 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 | STATION 4 FIREHOUSE GRILLE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COCHRANTON VOL FIRE DEPT |
| NPDES ID | PA0272736 |
| 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 | July 14, 2020 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Meadville, PA 16335 |
| Receiving water | UNT To French Creek |
| Subwatershed | Van Home Creek-French Creek (HUC 050100040906) |
| NAICS | 722514 – Cafeterias, Grill Buffets, and Buffets |
| SIC | 5812 – Eating Places |
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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 9 | 5 | January 31, 2025 | 150% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2021 | 4% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 5 | 1 | July 31, 2025 | 42% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 2 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 13, 2019 | Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application | 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.