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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AZ0000124

WILLIAMS CREEK HATCHERY, Mcnary, AZ: NPDES AZ0000124 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WILLIAMS CREEK HATCHERY, held by US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE, holds NPDES permit AZ0000124, which discharges to Williams Creek And North Fork,White. EPA’s file records it issued December 10, 2013 and expiring January 31, 2019. 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 filedWILLIAMS CREEK HATCHERY
Permittee as filedUS FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NPDES IDAZ0000124
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeFederal facility
IssuedDecember 10, 2013
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2019
AddressMcnary, AZ 85935
Receiving waterWILLIAMS CREEK AND NORTH FORK,WHITE
SubwatershedCataract Creek Headwaters (HUC 150100040502)
SIC0921 – Fish Hatcheries And Preserves

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
Phosphorus, total [as P]48782June 30, 2026500% over the limit
Solids, total suspended47027July 31, 2025320% over the limit
pH22910December 31, 2017
Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia4102September 30, 20069,352% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2200
Temperature, water deg. centigrade2160
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]070
Nitrogen, total [as N]240

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 AZ0000124.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AZ0000124.

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 AZ0000124.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit AZ0000124 for the Williams Creek Hatchery in Mcnary, AZ, held by the US Fish & Wildlife Service, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a Minor discharger class. The page lists 7 for the discharger class, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the Cataract Creek Headwaters subwatershed (HUC 150100040502).