Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0281981
BROWN'S FEEDS, Birdsboro, PA: NPDES PA0281981 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BROWN'S FEEDS, held by FM BROWNS SONS INC, holds NPDES permit PA0281981, which discharges to Hay Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 15, 2025 and expiring July 31, 2030. 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 filed | BROWN'S FEEDS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FM BROWNS SONS INC |
| NPDES ID | PA0281981 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 15, 2025 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2030 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Birdsboro, PA 19508 |
| Receiving water | Hay Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hay Creek (HUC 020402030608) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0281981.
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0281981.
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 September 15, 2026.