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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CAZ485551

ORCA TOWING AUTO RECYCLERS, Fort Bragg, CA: NPDES CAZ485551 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ORCA TOWING AUTO RECYCLERS, held by Orca Towing Auto Recyclers, holds NPDES permit CAZ485551. EPA’s file records it issued April 18, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2020. 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.

What the register holds for ORCA TOWING AUTO RECYCLERS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Fort Bragg, California. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES CAZ485551.

Identity

Facility as filedORCA TOWING AUTO RECYCLERS
Permittee as filedOrca Towing Auto Recyclers
NPDES IDCAZ485551
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedApril 18, 2017
Expiration dateJune 30, 2020
Issuing agencyCA Waterboards
AddressFort Bragg, CA 95437
SubwatershedVirgin Creek-Frontal Pacific Ocean (HUC 180101080702)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES CAZ485551.

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 CAZ485551.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES CAZ485551.

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 CAZ485551.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

The ORCA TOWING AUTO RECYCLERS permit is one of 2 storm water industrial permits on EPA's NPDES register in Fort Bragg, this one included. It also sits among 3 NPDES permits in the Virgin Creek-Frontal Pacific Ocean subwatershed (HUC 180101080702), this one included. The permit lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.