Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0282146

READING PLASTIC & METAL, Reading, PA: NPDES PA0282146 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

READING PLASTIC & METAL, held by POLYFAB CORP, holds NPDES permit PA0282146, which discharges to Willow Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 9, 2026 and expiring June 30, 2031.

READING PLASTIC & METAL, Reading, Pennsylvania: Individual permit PA0282146, held by POLYFAB CORP; Effective; issued June 9, 2026, term to June 30, 2031, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to Willow Creek.

BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

September 16, 2026: Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting (ST6).
September 16, 2026: Audit (S).
September 16, 2026: Notice of Violation (State).

READING PLASTIC & METAL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 16 discharge permits in the Willow Creek subwatershed (HUC 020402030306), PA0282146 among them.

Other permits in the Willow Creek subwatershed (HUC 020402030306)

ALCON RESEARCH - NORTH, Blandon: PA0281948, minor permit, discharging to Willow Creek, permit term to July 31, 2030
BRENNTAG NORTHEAST CHEM DISTR WHSE, Reading: PA0294233, minor permit, discharging to Willow Creek, permit term to March 31, 2029
BRENNTAG NORTHEAST CHEM DISTR WHSE, Leesport: PAR233525, minor permit, discharging to WILLOW CREEK, permit term to April 1, 2007
CAN CORPORATION OF AMERICA BLANDON, Blandon: PAG033771, minor permit, discharging to Willow Creek, permit term to March 23, 2028
FLEETWOOD BOROUGH AUTHORITY, Richmond, Township Of: PAL021636, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
HAWKSTONE VILLAGE, Fleetwood: PAC060521, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
JAMES HARDIE BUILDING PRODUCTS, Blandon: PAR323510, minor permit, discharging to WILLOW CREEK, permit term to October 1, 2007
MS4 FLEETWOOD BORO, Fleetwood: PAG133517, minor permit, discharging to Willow Creek, permit term to March 31, 2019
NORTHEAST PRODUCTS LAND DEVELOPMENT, Fleetwood: PAC060513, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
PHILLIPS FARM MUNI CAMPUS, Blandon: PAD060134, minor permit, discharging to Unnamed Stream, permit term to March 22, 2031

Identity

Facility as filed	READING PLASTIC & METAL
Permittee as filed	POLYFAB CORP
NPDES ID	PA0282146
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 9, 2026
Expiration date	June 30, 2031
Issuing agency	State Environmental Organization
Address	Reading, PA 19605
Receiving water	Willow Creek
Subwatershed	Willow Creek (HUC 020402030306)

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
11Under 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	0	0
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]	2	0	0
pH	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	2	0	0
Oil & Grease	2	0	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	0	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	2	0	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	0	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	2	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	0	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	2	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PA0282146.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 16, 2026	Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting	ST6

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 16, 2026	Audit	S

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
September 16, 2026	Notice of Violation	State

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This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit PA0282146 held by POLYFAB CORP for READING PLASTIC & METAL in Reading, PA, which discharges to Willow Creek. The permit is listed as Effective, issued June 9, 2026, and expiring June 30, 2031, with a Minor discharger class of 11 and 11 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.