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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0280585

SWITCHBACK MX MINE, Butler, PA: NPDES PA0280585 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SWITCHBACK MX MINE, held by SMX RESOURCES LLC, holds NPDES permit PA0280585, which discharges to Unt To Muddy Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 7, 2019 and expiring March 6, 2024.

SWITCHBACK MX MINE, Butler, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0280585, held by SMX RESOURCES LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 7, 2019, term to March 6, 2024, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to UNT To Muddy Creek.

SWITCHBACK MX MINE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 9 discharge permits in the Lake Arthur-Muddy Creek subwatershed (HUC 050301050307), PA0280585 among them.

Other permits in the Lake Arthur-Muddy Creek subwatershed (HUC 050301050307)

What the register holds for SWITCHBACK MX MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Butler, Pennsylvania, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES PA0280585.

Identity

Facility as filedSWITCHBACK MX MINE
Permittee as filedSMX RESOURCES LLC
NPDES IDPA0280585
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
IssuedMarch 7, 2019
Expiration dateMarch 6, 2024
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressButler, PA 16001
Receiving waterUNT To Muddy Creek
SubwatershedLake Arthur-Muddy Creek (HUC 050301050307)

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES PA0280585.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0280585.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PA0280585.

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 PA0280585.

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

What this page shows

The SWITCHBACK MX MINE permit, filed to SMX RESOURCES LLC in Butler, Pennsylvania, is one of 18 individual permits in Butler on EPA's NPDES register, and 27.8% of those 18 carry a violation on file. Among the 9 NPDES permits in the Lake Arthur-Muddy Creek subwatershed, this one is included, and the permit has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances, both recorded as 0.