Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAM624003
VAROS MINE, Sarver, PA: NPDES PAM624003 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 3Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VAROS MINE, held by NATURAL SAND CO INC, holds NPDES permit PAM624003, which discharges to Unt To Little Bull Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 29, 2025 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 VAROS MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Sarver, Pennsylvania, its receiving water, and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES PAM624003.
Identity
| Facility as filed | VAROS MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NATURAL SAND CO INC |
| NPDES ID | PAM624003 |
| 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 | May 29, 2025 |
| Expiration date | March 27, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | State Environmental Organization |
| Address | Sarver, PA 16055 |
| Receiving water | UNT To Little Bull Creek |
| Subwatershed | Bull Creek (HUC 050100090301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 3Pollutants on file
- 3Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAM624003.
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 PAM624003.
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.