Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAG034996

SIMS METAL WILLIAMSPORT, Williamsport, PA: NPDES PAG034996 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

SIMS METAL WILLIAMSPORT, held by PENN RECYCLING INC, holds NPDES permit PAG034996, which discharges to Unt Of West Branch Susquehanna River. EPA’s file records it issued October 16, 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	SIMS METAL WILLIAMSPORT
Permittee as filed	PENN RECYCLING INC
NPDES ID	PAG034996
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	October 16, 2023
Expiration date	March 23, 2028
Issuing agency	State Environmental Organization
Address	Williamsport, PA 17701
Receiving water	UNT Of West Branch Susquehanna River
Subwatershed	Quenshukeny Run (HUC 020502060602)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source PA000492963

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
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]	2	2
Solids, total suspended	2	2
Oil & Grease	2	2
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	2
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	2
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	2
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	2
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	2
Aluminum, total [as Al]	2	2

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAG034996.

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 PAG034996.

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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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 PAG034996 for SIMS METAL WILLIAMSPORT in Williamsport, PA, held by PENN RECYCLING INC, which discharges to UNT Of West Branch Susquehanna River within the Quenshukeny Run subwatershed (HUC 020502060602). The permit is listed as Effective and as a Minor discharger class, with an issue date of October 16, 2023 and an expiration date of March 23, 2028, and it records 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.