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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAM113083

HARDWAY MINE, Pottsville, PA: NPDES PAM113083 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HARDWAY MINE, held by HARDWAY COAL CO, holds NPDES permit PAM113083, which discharges to West Branch Schuylkill River. EPA’s file records it issued July 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 HARDWAY 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 PAM113083.

Identity

Facility as filedHARDWAY MINE
Permittee as filedHARDWAY COAL CO
NPDES IDPAM113083
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
IssuedJuly 27, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 27, 2026
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressPottsville, PA 17901
Receiving waterWest Branch Schuylkill River
SubwatershedWest Branch Schuylkill River (HUC 020402030202)
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 PAM113083.

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 PAM113083.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit PAM113083 for HARDWAY MINE in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, held by HARDWAY COAL CO and discharging to the West Branch Schuylkill River, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The register shows 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit was issued July 27, 2021 and expires March 27, 2026.