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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAM117062

M & D ANTHRACITE 1 SLOPE MINE, Pottsville, PA: NPDES PAM117062 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

M & D ANTHRACITE 1 SLOPE MINE, held by M & D ANTHRACITE COAL CO, holds NPDES permit PAM117062, which discharges to West Branch Schuylkill River. EPA’s file records it issued July 13, 2021 and expiring March 27, 2026. 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 filedM & D ANTHRACITE 1 SLOPE MINE
Permittee as filedM & D ANTHRACITE COAL CO
NPDES IDPAM117062
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 13, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 27, 2026
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressPottsville, PA 17901
Receiving waterWest Branch Schuylkill River
SubwatershedEast Branch Schuylkill River (HUC 020402030203)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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 plant120

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAM117062.

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 PAM117062.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PAM117062.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES PAM117062.

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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M & D ANTHRACITE 1 SLOPE MINE, Pottsville, Pennsylvania: Coverage under a general permit PAM117062, held by M & D ANTHRACITE COAL CO; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 13, 2021, term to March 27, 2026, by State Environmental Organization; discharges to West Branch Schuylkill River.

  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

M & D ANTHRACITE 1 SLOPE MINE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 19 discharge permits in the East Branch Schuylkill River subwatershed (HUC 020402030203), PAM117062 among them.

Other permits in the East Branch Schuylkill River subwatershed (HUC 020402030203)

  • CRESSONA MINI-MARKET, North Manheim, Township Of: PAC540182, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
  • DIRENZO SUB G BANK, Pottsville: PAM114042, minor permit, discharging to West Branch Schuylkill River, permit term to December 9, 2022
  • DOLLAR GENERAL FRESH IMPROVEMENTS, Foster, Township Of: PAC540179, minor permit, permit term to December 7, 2029
  • JELD WEN, Pottsville: PAG032400, minor permit, discharging to West Branch Schuylkill River, permit term to March 23, 2028
  • JELD WEN, Pottsville: PAR222211, minor permit, discharging to WEST BRANCH SCHUYLKILL RIVER, permit term to January 14, 2013
  • JOE KUPERAVAGE COAL BROCKTON W MINE, Pottsville: PAM114002, minor permit, discharging to Wheeler Creek, permit term to March 27, 2026
  • MINERSVILLE SEW AUTH-STP, Minersville: PAL027693, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
  • POTTSVILE CITY MS4, Pottsville: PAG132276, minor permit, discharging to West Branch Schuylkill River, permit term to January 1, 2019
  • POTTSVILLE DIST CENTER, Pottsville: PAG032416, minor permit, discharging to West Branch Schuylkill River, permit term to March 23, 2028
  • PROPOSED WHSE DEV, Pottsville: PAD540043, minor permit, discharging to West Branch Schuylkill River, permit term to April 15, 2031

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit PAM117062 for the M & D ANTHRACITE 1 SLOPE MINE in Pottsville, PA, held by M & D ANTHRACITE COAL CO and discharging to the West Branch Schuylkill River within HUC 020402030203. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 1 minor discharger class, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.