Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AK0053384

WARD COVE INDUSTRIAL SITE WW TREATMENT FACILITY, Ketchikan, AK: NPDES AK0053384 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WARD COVE INDUSTRIAL SITE WW TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Full Cycle - Power Systems and Supplies of AK, holds NPDES permit AK0053384. EPA’s file records it issued April 13, 2020 and expiring May 31, 2025.

WARD COVE INDUSTRIAL SITE WW TREATMENT FACILITY, Ketchikan, Alaska: Individual permit AK0053384, held by Full Cycle - Power Systems and Supplies of AK; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 13, 2020, term to May 31, 2025, by Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation; Sewage Treatment Facilities.

Solids, total suspended: 7 limits, 316 violations of any kind, 118 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2024, largest 1,335,884% over the limit.
Fecal coliform, MPN, EC med, 44.5 C: 0 limits, 221 violations of any kind, 82 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2014, largest 279,900% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 8 limits, 211 violations of any kind, 60 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2020, largest 1,727,043% over the limit.
Coliform, fecal general: 5 limits, 61 violations of any kind, 54 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2024, largest 14,900% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 7 limits, 317 violations of any kind, 39 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2024, largest 4,479% over the limit.
Flow rate: 0 limits, 83 violations of any kind, 28 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2013, largest 359,900% over the limit.
pH: 4 limits, 147 violations of any kind, 23 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2024.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 3 limits, 126 violations of any kind, 21 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2026, largest 100% over the limit.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 1 limit, 29 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2017, largest 3,567% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, percent removal: 1 limit, 28 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2017, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2017, largest 8,194% over the limit.
Enterococci: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest August 31, 2021, largest 111% over the limit.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

WARD COVE INDUSTRIAL SITE WW TREATMENT FACILITY among its neighbors

Its county holds 76, 3 of them major permits; AK0053384 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

AKV394 SOIL ABSORPTION SYSTEM BACK ISLAND, Ketchikan: AKR10H0QR, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2026
AKV394 SOIL ABSORPTION SYSTEM BACK ISLAND, Ketchican: AKR10H0QW, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2026
ALASKA GENERAL SEAFOODS KETCHIKAN PLANT, Ketchikan: AKG521016, major permit, permit term to May 31, 2027
ALASKA GENERAL SEAFOODS-KETCHIKAN DIVISION, Ketchikan: AKR06AD19, minor permit, discharging to TONGASS NARROWS, permit term to March 31, 2020
ALASKA MARINE TRUCKING KETCHIKAN FACILITY, Ketchikan: AKR06AC74, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2025
ALASKA WASTE KETCHIKAN, Ketchikan: AKNOE0176, minor permit, permit term to April 4, 2028
CARROLL LTF, Ketchikan: AKG701002, minor permit, discharging to CARROLL INLET 23, permit term to November 30, 2013
CLEVELAND PENINSULA LTF AND LSA, Kasaan: AKG701028, minor permit, discharging to CLARENCE STRAIT, permit term to November 30, 2013
CLOVER ISLAND VIEW SUBDIVISION WW TREATMENT FACILITY, Ward Cove: AKG571025, minor permit, permit term to July 20, 2009
CLOVER PASS RESORT WWTF, Ketchikan: AKG572010, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2022

Identity

Facility as filed	WARD COVE INDUSTRIAL SITE WW TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filed	Full Cycle - Power Systems and Supplies of AK
NPDES ID	AK0053384
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	April 13, 2020
Expiration date	May 31, 2025
Issuing agency	Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Address	Ketchikan, AK 99901
NAICS	221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC	2421 – Sawmills And Planing Mills, General
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler AK0000141184

Effluent limits and exceedances

15Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
12With a violation of any kind
12With 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	7	316	118	July 31, 2024	1,335,884% over the limit
Fecal coliform, MPN, EC med, 44.5 C	0	221	82	January 31, 2014	279,900% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	8	211	60	August 31, 2020	1,727,043% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	5	61	54	June 30, 2024	14,900% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	7	317	39	May 31, 2024	4,479% over the limit
Flow rate	0	83	28	December 31, 2013	359,900% over the limit
pH	4	147	23	May 31, 2024
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	3	126	21	February 28, 2026	100% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	29	9	December 31, 2017	3,567% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	28	9	December 31, 2017	99,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	13	3	November 30, 2017	8,194% over the limit
Enterococci	3	3	1	August 31, 2021	111% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	2	0	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	0	0
Copper, total recoverable	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AK0053384.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AK0053384.

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 AK0053384.

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This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit AK0053384 for the WARD COVE INDUSTRIAL SITE WW TREATMENT FACILITY in Ketchikan, AK, held by Full Cycle - Power Systems and Supplies of AK, with an administratively continued status and a Minor discharger class. The facts list 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 12 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.