Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAG034134
BERKS PACKING CO INC, Reading, PA: NPDES PAG034134 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BERKS PACKING CO INC holds NPDES permit PAG034134, which discharges to Schuylkill River. EPA’s file records it issued June 22, 2026 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 BERKS PACKING CO INC: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Reading, Pennsylvania, its receiving water, and 8 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES PAG034134.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BERKS PACKING CO INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BERKS PACKING CO INC |
| NPDES ID | PAG034134 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 22, 2026 |
| Expiration date | March 23, 2028 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Reading, PA 19602 |
| Receiving water | Schuylkill River |
| Subwatershed | Angelica Creek-Schuylkill River (HUC 020402030609) |
| SIC | 2013 – Sausages And Other Prepared Meats |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler PAR000507921 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 0With 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 | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAG034134.
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 PAG034134.
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.