Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0276871

SILGAN CONTAINERS, Breinigsville, PA: NPDES PA0276871 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

SILGAN CONTAINERS, held by SILGAN CONTAINERS MFG CORP, holds NPDES permit PA0276871, which discharges to Unt To Iron Run. EPA’s file records it issued September 25, 2024 and expiring September 30, 2029.

SILGAN CONTAINERS, Breinigsville, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0276871, held by SILGAN CONTAINERS MFG CORP; Effective; issued September 25, 2024, term to September 30, 2029, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to UNT To Iron Run; Metal Can Manufacturing.

pH: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

SILGAN CONTAINERS among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 41 discharge permits in the Spring Creek subwatershed (HUC 020401060701), PA0276871 among them. Its county holds 150, 2 of them major permits; PA0276871 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Spring Creek subwatershed (HUC 020401060701)

1001 GLENLIVET DR, Allentown: PAD390252, minor permit, discharging to UNT To Haasen Creek, permit term to April 23, 2028
6642 GRANT WAY BLDG EXPANSION, Allentown: PAD390300, minor permit, discharging to UNT Of Haasen Creek, permit term to May 19, 2029
7150 AMBASSADOR DR BLDG EXPANSION, Allentown: PAD390283, minor permit, discharging to Haasen Creek, permit term to May 19, 2029
BASF CONST CHEM, Allentown: PAG032336, minor permit, discharging to Lehigh River, permit term to March 23, 2028
BASF CONST CHEM, Allentown: PAR232206, minor permit, discharging to UNT To Lehigh River, permit term to September 23, 2022
BERKS LEHIGH REG POLICE DEPT COMPLEX, Breinigsville: PAD390384, minor permit, discharging to Unnamed Stream, permit term to July 7, 2031
BLUE TRITON, Breinigsville: PAD390317, minor permit, discharging to Iron Run, permit term to May 14, 2030
CETRONIA REDEV RESTORATION BLDG DEMOLITION, Allentown: PAD390271, minor permit, discharging to Iron Run, permit term to April 15, 2029
COCA COLA NORTHEAST PLT, Allentown: PAR122212, minor permit, discharging to IRON RUN, permit term to January 15, 2012
EASTERN LIFT TRUCK BLDG ADDITION, Allentown: PAD390331, minor permit, discharging to UNT To Cedar Creek, permit term to September 24, 2030

What the register holds for SILGAN CONTAINERS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, its receiving water, and 9 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES PA0276871.

Identity

Facility as filed	SILGAN CONTAINERS
Permittee as filed	SILGAN CONTAINERS MFG CORP
NPDES ID	PA0276871
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 25, 2024
Expiration date	September 30, 2029
Issuing agency	State Environmental Organization
Address	Breinigsville, PA 18031
Receiving water	UNT To Iron Run
Subwatershed	Spring Creek (HUC 020401060701)
NAICS	332431 – Metal Can Manufacturing
SIC	3411 – Metal Cans
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler PAR000556613; ICIS-AIR source PA000845330

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
0With 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	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
pH	1	0	0
Solids, total suspended	1	0	0
Oil & Grease	1	0	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	0	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	0	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	1	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	1	0	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	1	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0276871.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0276871.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PA0276871.

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 PA0276871.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit PA0276871, held by SILGAN CONTAINERS MFG CORP for its SILGAN CONTAINERS facility in Breinigsville, PA, with an effective status, a minor discharger class, and 9 pollutants under a numeric limit. The permit discharges to Unt To Iron Run, was issued September 25, 2024, and expires September 30, 2029, and the page records 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.