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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0023272

TULELAKE WWTF, Tulelake, CA: NPDES CA0023272 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TULELAKE WWTF, held by TULELAKE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit CA0023272, which discharges to Lost R/T.I.D. 44-B-1. EPA’s file records it issued October 6, 2004 and expiring October 6, 2009. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedTULELAKE WWTF
Permittee as filedTULELAKE, CITY OF
NPDES IDCA0023272
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 6, 2004
Expiration dateOctober 6, 2009
AddressTulelake, CA 96134
Receiving waterLOST R/T.I.D. 44-B-1
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedTule Lake Valley-Lost River (HUC 180102040904)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 131 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
%Surv Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia060
%Surv Static 96Hr Acute Oncorhynchus Mykiss060
96Hr Acute Ceriodaphn. Dubia % Srv060
%Surv Static Renewal 96Hr Oncorhynchus mykiss060
Turbidity030
Conductivity030
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]030
Nitrogen, inorganic total030
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]030
Asbestos010
Selenium, total recoverable010
Thallium, total recoverable010
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]010
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]010
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]010
Nickel, total recoverable010
Silver total recoverable010
Zinc, total recoverable010
Cadmium, total recoverable010
Lead, total recoverable010
Antimony, total recoverable010
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol010
Carbon tetrachloride010
1,2-Dichloroethane010
Bromoform010
Dibromochloromethane010
Chloroform010
Toluene010
Benzene010
.delta.-BHC010
Acenaphthylene010
Acenaphthene010
Acrolein010
Acrylonitrile010
Anthracene010
Benzo[b]fluoranthene010
Benzo[k]fluoranthene010
Benzo[a]pyrene010
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether010
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane010
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether010
Butyl benzyl phthalate010
Chlorobenzene010
Chrysene010
Diethyl phthalate010
Dimethyl phthalate010
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine010
Endosulfan sulfate010
.beta.-Endosulfan010
.alpha.-Endosulfan010
Endrin aldehyde010
Ethylbenzene010
Fluoranthene010
Fluorene010
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene010
Hexachlorobutadiene010
Hexachloroethane010
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene010
Isophorone010
Methyl bromide [Bromomethane]010

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES CA0023272.

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 CA0023272.

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 September 15, 2026.

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