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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PA0597724

BETHLEHEM STRIP, Johnstown, PA: NPDES PA0597724 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BETHLEHEM STRIP, held by COONEY BROS COAL CO, holds NPDES permit PA0597724, which discharges to Unt To Little Conemaugh River. EPA’s file records it issued February 19, 2016 and expiring October 3, 2018. 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.

What the register holds for BETHLEHEM STRIP: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES PA0597724.

Identity

Facility as filedBETHLEHEM STRIP
Permittee as filedCOONEY BROS COAL CO
NPDES IDPA0597724
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
IssuedFebruary 19, 2016
Expiration dateOctober 3, 2018
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressJohnstown, PA 15904
Receiving waterUNT To Little Conemaugh River
SubwatershedLittle Conemaugh River-Conemaugh River (HUC 050100070503)
SIC1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

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

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES PA0597724.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PA0597724.

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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Nearby on the register

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What this page shows

BETHLEHEM STRIP is one of 9 individual permits on EPA's NPDES register in Johnstown. Of all 9 individual permits in Johnstown, this one included, 22.2% have an earlier issue date than this permit. The permit is one of 16 NPDES permits in the Little Conemaugh River-Conemaugh River subwatershed.