Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IDR053050
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY WEIPPE OPERATIONS, Weippe, ID: NPDES IDR053050 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY WEIPPE OPERATIONS, held by Empire Lumber, holds NPDES permit IDR053050, which discharges to Jim Ford Creek - Source To Jim Ford Creek Waterfal. EPA’s file records it issued June 2, 2021 and expiring February 28, 2026. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | EMPIRE LUMBER COMPANY WEIPPE OPERATIONS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Empire Lumber |
| NPDES ID | IDR053050 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | June 2, 2021 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | U.S. EPA |
| Address | Weippe, ID 83553 |
| Receiving water | Jim Ford Creek - source to Jim Ford Creek waterfal |
| Subwatershed | Lindsay Creek (HUC 170603061307) |
| SIC | 2421 – Sawmills And Planing Mills, General |
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
- 5Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sediment, suspended | 1 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES IDR053050.
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 IDR053050.
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 October 14, 2026.