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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAM113063

PREMIUM FINE COAL MINE, Tamaqua, PA: NPDES PAM113063 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PREMIUM FINE COAL MINE, held by PREMIUM FINE COAL INC, holds NPDES permit PAM113063, which discharges to Unt To Little Schuylkill River. EPA’s file records it issued August 6, 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 PREMIUM FINE COAL 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 PAM113063.

Identity

Facility as filedPREMIUM FINE COAL MINE
Permittee as filedPREMIUM FINE COAL INC
NPDES IDPAM113063
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
IssuedAugust 6, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 27, 2026
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressTamaqua, PA 18252
Receiving waterUNT To Little Schuylkill River
SubwatershedUpper Little Schuylkill River (HUC 020402030102)
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 PAM113063.

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 PAM113063.

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 the NPDES PAM113063 Clean Water Act discharge permit held by Premium Fine Coal Inc for the Premium Fine Coal Mine in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, which is administratively continued and discharges to the Unt To Little Schuylkill River. The register lists 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance and 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, with the permit issued August 6, 2021 and expiring March 27, 2026.