Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAM414001

MARTIN SHALE PIT NO 8, Chambersburg, PA: NPDES PAM414001 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
3Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

MARTIN SHALE PIT NO 8, held by DAVID H MARTIN EXCAV INC, holds NPDES permit PAM414001, which discharges to Unt To Conococheague Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 16, 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.

Identity

Facility as filed	MARTIN SHALE PIT NO 8
Permittee as filed	DAVID H MARTIN EXCAV INC
NPDES ID	PAM414001
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	June 16, 2021
Expiration date	March 27, 2026
Issuing agency	State Environmental Organization
Address	Chambersburg, PA 17201
Receiving water	UNT To Conococheague Creek
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Mountain Creek-Conococheague Creek (HUC 020700040803)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

3Pollutants on file
3Under a numeric limit
1With a violation of any kind
1With 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
Solids, total suspended	6	1	1	December 31, 2025	28% over the limit
pH	36	0	0
Solids, settleable	6	0	0

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 PAM414001.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PAM414001.

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 PAM414001.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit PAM414001 for MARTIN SHALE PIT NO 8 in Chambersburg, PA, held by DAVID H MARTIN EXCAV INC and discharging to UNT To Conococheague Creek, a receiving water listed as impaired under 303(D). The permit is shown as administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger, with one pollutant under a numeric limit and one pollutant with an effluent exceedance. The dates listed are issued June 16, 2021 and expiration March 27, 2026, as of October 14, 2026.