Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ID0021229
KOOTENAI-PONDERAY SEWER DISTRICT - KOOTENAI-PONDERAY WWTP, Sandpoint, ID: NPDES ID0021229 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KOOTENAI-PONDERAY SEWER DISTRICT - KOOTENAI-PONDERAY WWTP, held by KOOTENAI-PONDERAY SEWER DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit ID0021229, which discharges to Boyer Slough, Pend Oreille Lake. EPA’s file records it issued November 30, 2001 and expiring January 5, 2007. 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 | KOOTENAI-PONDERAY SEWER DISTRICT - KOOTENAI-PONDERAY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | KOOTENAI-PONDERAY SEWER DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | ID0021229 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 30, 2001 |
| Expiration date | January 5, 2007 |
| Issuing agency | U.S. EPA, REGION 10 |
| Address | Sandpoint, ID 83864 |
| Receiving water | BOYER SLOUGH, PEND OREILLE LAKE |
| Subwatershed | Lake Pend Oreille (HUC 170102140206) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 77 | 63 | May 31, 2023 | 353% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 26 | 22 | July 31, 2006 | |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 0 | 24 | 20 | August 31, 1997 | 380% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 17 | 17 | November 30, 2013 | 50,694% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 17 | 17 | April 30, 2025 | 147% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 18 | 16 | January 31, 2007 | 173% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 17 | 12 | July 31, 2006 | 1,000% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 25 | 11 | May 31, 2006 | 1,550% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2024 | 26% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 2 | 1 | July 31, 2022 | 8% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved percent saturation | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorophyll A, corrected | 0 | 1 | 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 ID0021229.
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.