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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ID0020451

BONNERS FERRY, CITY OF - BONNERS FERRY WTP, Bonners Ferry, ID: NPDES ID0020451 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BONNERS FERRY, CITY OF - BONNERS FERRY WTP, held by BONNERS FERRY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit ID0020451, which discharges to Kootenai River. EPA’s file records it issued June 14, 1974 and expiring March 31, 1979. 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 filedBONNERS FERRY, CITY OF - BONNERS FERRY WTP
Permittee as filedBONNERS FERRY, CITY OF
NPDES IDID0020451
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 14, 1974
Expiration dateMarch 31, 1979
AddressBonners Ferry, ID 83805
Receiving waterKOOTENAI RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedDawson Lake-Kootenai River (HUC 170101040304)

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended0153121August 31, 20093,289% over the limit
pH0193June 30, 2008
Chlorine, total residual0280
Turbidity0160
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant0160
Temperature, water deg. centigrade080
Aluminum, total recoverable020

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 ID0020451.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit ID0020451, held by BONNERS FERRY, CITY OF for the BONNERS FERRY WTP in Bonners Ferry, ID, which discharges to the Kootenai River. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 0 minor dischargers and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance out of 7 pollutants under effluent limits.