Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAG033720

GSM INDUSTRIAL, Lancaster, PA: NPDES PAG033720 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

GSM INDUSTRIAL, held by GSM IND INC, holds NPDES permit PAG033720, which discharges to Brubaker Run. EPA’s file records it issued February 9, 2024 and expiring March 23, 2028. 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	GSM INDUSTRIAL
Permittee as filed	GSM IND INC
NPDES ID	PAG033720
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 9, 2024
Expiration date	March 23, 2028
Issuing agency	State Environmental Organization
Address	Lancaster, PA 17601
Receiving water	Brubaker Run
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	West Branch Little Conestoga Creek-Little Conestoga Creek (HUC 020503061002)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler PAD003011376; ICIS-AIR source PA000675054

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
9With 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
pH	1	2
Solids, total suspended	1	2
Oil & Grease	1	2
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	2
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	2
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	2
Iron, total [as Fe]	1	2
Zinc, total [as Zn]	1	2
Aluminum, total [as Al]	1	2

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAG033720.

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

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 10, 2025	Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees	ST6
June 6, 2024	Permit Violations - Failure to Pay Fees	ST6

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit PAG033720 for GSM INDUSTRIAL in Lancaster, PA, held by GSM IND INC, which discharges to Brubaker Run under an effective permit status with a discharger class of 9. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.