Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0003981
SIERRA PACIFIC BURNEY DIVISION, Burney, CA: NPDES CA0003981 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SIERRA PACIFIC BURNEY DIVISION, held by Sierra Pacific Industries, holds NPDES permit CA0003981, which discharges to Canyon Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 5, 2015 and expiring July 31, 2020. 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 filed | SIERRA PACIFIC BURNEY DIVISION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Sierra Pacific Industries |
| NPDES ID | CA0003981 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | June 5, 2015 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2020 |
| Address | Burney, CA 96013 |
| Receiving water | Canyon Creek |
| Subwatershed | Haynes Flat-Burney Creek (HUC 180200030904) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source CASHA0000608900512 |
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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2025 | |
| TU Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata (formerly Selenastrum capricornutum) | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| %Surv Static Renewal 96Hr Oncorhynchus mykiss | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tannin and lignin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 CA0003981.
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.