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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES HIF014236

USGS HILO RESEARCH FACILITY, HI: NPDES HIF014236 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

USGS HILO RESEARCH FACILITY, held by U.S. Department of the Interior, holds NPDES permit HIF014236, which discharges to Waiakea Stream. EPA’s file records it issued January 3, 2024 and expiring February 8, 2024. 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.

What the register holds for USGS HILO RESEARCH FACILITY: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address, Hawaii, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES HIF014236.

Identity

Facility as filedUSGS HILO RESEARCH FACILITY
Permittee as filedU.S. Department of the Interior
NPDES IDHIF014236
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeFederal facility
IssuedJanuary 3, 2024
Expiration dateFebruary 8, 2024
Issuing agencyHawaii Dept of Health, Clean Water Branch
AddressHI
Receiving waterWAIAKEA STREAM
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedWaiakea Stream (HUC 200100000407)
NAICS541990 – All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
SIC8733 – Noncommercial Research Organizations

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

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES HIF014236.

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 HIF014236.

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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Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES HIF014236, held by U.S. Department of the Interior for the USGS HILO RESEARCH FACILITY in Hawaii, which discharges to Waiakea Stream. The permit is listed as administratively continued and a minor discharger, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.