Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAG033805

THE HERSHEY COMPANY - WEST HERSHEY PLANT, Hershey, PA: NPDES PAG033805 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

THE HERSHEY COMPANY - WEST HERSHEY PLANT, held by HERSHEY CO, holds NPDES permit PAG033805, which discharges to Unt To Swatara Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 3, 2023 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	THE HERSHEY COMPANY - WEST HERSHEY PLANT
Permittee as filed	HERSHEY CO
NPDES ID	PAG033805
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 3, 2023
Expiration date	March 23, 2028
Issuing agency	State Environmental Organization
Address	Hershey, PA 17033
Receiving water	UNT To Swatara Creek
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Spring Creek (HUC 020503050904)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler PAD000051300; ICIS-AIR source PA000514336

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

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	4
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]	2	4
pH	2	4
Solids, total suspended	2	4
Oil & Grease	2	4
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	4
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	2	4
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	4

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAG033805.

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 PAG033805.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PAG033805.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES PAG033805.

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

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit PAG033805, held by HERSHEY CO for THE HERSHEY COMPANY - WEST HERSHEY PLANT in Hershey, PA, with an effective permit status, minor discharger class 8, and zero pollutants under a numeric limit or with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued November 3, 2023, expires March 23, 2028, and discharges to UNT To Swatara Creek, a receiving water listed under 303(D), in the Spring Creek subwatershed (HUC 020503050904).