Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA1000004
FALL CREEK HATCHERY, Hornbrook, CA: NPDES CA1000004 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 137Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FALL CREEK HATCHERY, held by California Department of Fish and Wildlife and PacifiCorp, holds NPDES permit CA1000004, which discharges to Fall Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 6, 2023 and expiring May 31, 2028. 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 filed | FALL CREEK HATCHERY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | California Department of Fish and Wildlife and PacifiCorp |
| NPDES ID | CA1000004 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 6, 2023 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2028 |
| Address | Hornbrook, CA 96044 |
| Receiving water | Fall Creek |
| Subwatershed | Fall Creek-Klamath River (HUC 180102060502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 137Pollutants on file
- 137Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 137 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 54 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan sulfate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .beta.-Endosulfan | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Endosulfan | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Endrin aldehyde | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 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 CA1000004.
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.