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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAG030331

FRANKLIN METALS BENSALEM FAC, Bensalem, PA: NPDES PAG030331 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FRANKLIN METALS BENSALEM FAC, held by FRANKLIN METALS LLC, holds NPDES permit PAG030331, which discharges to Poquessing Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 15, 2025 and expiring March 23, 2028. 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 FRANKLIN METALS BENSALEM FAC: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Bensalem, 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 PAG030331.

Identity

Facility as filedFRANKLIN METALS BENSALEM FAC
Permittee as filedFRANKLIN METALS LLC
NPDES IDPAG030331
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 15, 2025
Expiration dateMarch 23, 2028
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressBensalem, PA 19020
Receiving waterPoquessing Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSwede Run-Delaware River (HUC 020402020305)
SIC5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials

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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]100
Solids, total suspended100
Oil & Grease100
Nitrogen, total [as N]100
Phosphorus, total [as P]100
Copper, total [as Cu]100
Lead, total [as Pb]100
Zinc, total [as Zn]100
Aluminum, total [as Al]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAG030331.

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 PAG030331.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit PAG030331, held by FRANKLIN METALS LLC for FRANKLIN METALS BENSALEM FAC in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, which discharges to Poquessing Creek. The permit is listed as Effective, issued April 15, 2025 and expiring March 23, 2028, with 9 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.