Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAM111038
GALE MINING TARCON MINE, Tamaqua, PA: NPDES PAM111038 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 1Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GALE MINING TARCON MINE, held by GALE MINING CO, holds NPDES permit PAM111038, which discharges to Unt To Schuylkill River. EPA’s file records it issued August 17, 2021 and expiring March 27, 2026. 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 GALE MINING TARCON MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, its receiving water, and 1 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES PAM111038.
Identity
| Facility as filed | GALE MINING TARCON MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GALE MINING CO |
| NPDES ID | PAM111038 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 17, 2021 |
| Expiration date | March 27, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Tamaqua, PA 18252 |
| Receiving water | UNT To Schuylkill River |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Schuylkill River (HUC 020402030204) |
| SIC | 1231 – Anthracite Mining |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 1Pollutants on file
- 1Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAM111038.
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 PAM111038.
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.