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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAG033987

FM BROWNS SONS INC, Reading, PA: NPDES PAG033987 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FM BROWNS SONS INC holds NPDES permit PAG033987, which discharges to Cacoosing Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 27, 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 filedFM BROWNS SONS INC
Permittee as filedFM BROWNS SONS INC
NPDES IDPAG033987
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 27, 2023
Expiration dateMarch 23, 2028
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressReading, PA 19608
Receiving waterCacoosing Creek
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCacoosing Creek (HUC 020402030408)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source PA000511616

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

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C110
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]110
pH110
Solids, total suspended110
Oil & Grease110
Nitrogen, total [as N]110
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]110
Phosphorus, total [as P]110

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAG033987.

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 PAG033987.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit PAG033987, held by FM BROWNS SONS INC of Reading, PA, which discharges to Cacoosing Creek and has an Effective permit status as a Minor discharger. The permit was issued July 27, 2023 and expires March 23, 2028, and the page lists 8 pollutants on file, 8 under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.