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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AKG573003

COLD BAY LAGOON, Cold Bay, AK: NPDES AKG573003 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COLD BAY LAGOON, held by Kurt Uttecht - City of Cold Bay, holds NPDES permit AKG573003. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023. 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 filedCOLD BAY LAGOON
Permittee as filedKurt Uttecht - City of Cold Bay
NPDES IDAKG573003
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 1, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
Issuing agencyAlaska Department of Environmental Conservation
AddressCold Bay, AK 99571
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C79693June 30, 2026789% over the limit
Solids, total suspended56969June 30, 2026515% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general415862September 30, 20255,400% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal199June 30, 2021100% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual41008January 31, 2019830% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal177May 31, 2026100% over the limit
pH4900
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]3900
Enterococci110
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant100

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 AKG573003.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES AKG573003 for COLD BAY LAGOON in Cold Bay, AK, held by Kurt Uttecht - City of Cold Bay, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 10 pollutants on file, 10 under a numeric limit, 9 with a violation of any kind, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.