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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PAR218317

VESUVIUS PENN WAMPUM, Wampum, PA: NPDES PAR218317 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

VESUVIUS PENN WAMPUM, held by UNIVERSAL REFRACTORIES INC, holds NPDES permit PAR218317, which discharges to Unt To Beaver River. EPA’s file records it issued August 19, 2021 and expiring September 23, 2022. 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 VESUVIUS PENN WAMPUM: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Wampum, Pennsylvania, its receiving water, and 4 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES PAR218317.

Identity

Facility as filedVESUVIUS PENN WAMPUM
Permittee as filedUNIVERSAL REFRACTORIES INC
NPDES IDPAR218317
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 19, 2021
Expiration dateSeptember 23, 2022
Issuing agencyState Environmental Organization
AddressWampum, PA 16157
Receiving waterUNT To Beaver River
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMcKee Run-Beaver Creek (HUC 050301040101)
SIC3297 – Nonclay Refractories
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source PA000516276

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
pH400
Solids, total suspended400
Iron, total [as Fe]400
Aluminum, total [as Al]400

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES PAR218317.

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 PAR218317.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES PAR218317.

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 PAR218317.

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 NPDES discharge permit PAR218317, held by UNIVERSAL REFRACTORIES INC for VESUVIUS PENN WAMPUM in Wampum, PA, and discharging to Unt To Beaver River. The facts list 4 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger.