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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAM113008

READING ANTHRACITE BUCK RUN & PINE KNOT MINE, Pottsville, PA: NPDES PAM113008 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

READING ANTHRACITE BUCK RUN & PINE KNOT MINE, held by READING ANTHRACITE CO, holds NPDES permit PAM113008, which discharges to West Branch Schuylkill River. EPA’s file records it issued May 27, 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 READING ANTHRACITE BUCK RUN & PINE KNOT MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Pottsville, 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 PAM113008.

Identity

Facility as filedREADING ANTHRACITE BUCK RUN & PINE KNOT MINE
Permittee as filedREADING ANTHRACITE CO
NPDES IDPAM113008
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 27, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 27, 2026
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressPottsville, PA 17901
Receiving waterWest Branch Schuylkill River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedEast Branch Schuylkill River (HUC 020402030203)
SIC1231 – 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

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAM113008.

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 PAM113008.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit PAM113008 for READING ANTHRACITE BUCK RUN & PINE KNOT MINE in Pottsville, PA, which discharges to West Branch Schuylkill River and is classed as a Minor Discharger. The register lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance for this permit. The permit was issued May 27, 2021, expires March 27, 2026, and is administratively continued.