Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IDR053088

PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING, Lewiston, ID: NPDES IDR053088 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING holds NPDES permit IDR053088. EPA’s file records it issued December 6, 2015 and expiring June 3, 2020.

PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING, Lewiston, Idaho: Coverage under a general permit IDR053088; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 6, 2015, term to June 3, 2020, by U.S. EPA.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total recoverable: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total recoverable: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

January 15, 2026: No Further Action (State).
January 15, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).
January 15, 2026: Notice of Noncompliance Issued (State).
January 15, 2026: No Further Action (State).
January 13, 2026: Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample (ST6).

Idaho holds 245 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 9 were issued before IDR053088. PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING holds 5 permits in Idaho.

Other permits held by PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING

PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING, Idaho Falls: IDR053094, issued December 6, 2015
PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING, Boise: IDR053096, issued December 6, 2015
PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING INC, Ponderay: IDR05C142
PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING, Nampa: IDR05C145

Coverages issued nearest IDR053088

November 20, 2015: PARIS HILLS AGRICOM INC., Soda Springs, IDR053035, held by Paris Hills Agricom Inc
November 28, 2015: GAY MINE, Fort Hall, IDR05I308, held by JR SIMPLOT COMPANY
December 3, 2015: IMC LOOK LANE, Caldwell, IDR053064, held by STAKER PARSON COMPANIES
December 3, 2015: FEDEX EXPRESS BOIR, Boise, IDR053079, held by Federal Express Corporation
December 6, 2015: WASTE MANAGEMENT OF IDAHO - SANDPOINT, Ponderay, IDR053087, held by Waste Management of Idaho, Inc.
December 6, 2015: FRUITLAND FACILITY, Fruitland, IDR053093, held by Woodgrain Millwork Inc
December 6, 2015: PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING, Idaho Falls, IDR053094
December 6, 2015: PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING, Boise, IDR053096
December 9, 2015: BOVILL MINE, Bovill, IDR053101, held by JR SIMPLOT COMPANY
December 9, 2015: CHALLIS MINE, Challis, IDR053102, held by JR SIMPLOT COMPANY

PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 27 discharge permits in the Catholic Creek-Clearwater River subwatershed (HUC 170603061308), IDR053088 among them. Its county holds 40, 1 of them major permits; IDR053088 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Catholic Creek-Clearwater River subwatershed (HUC 170603061308)

BELL TIMBER, INC., Lewiston: IDR10C1JP, minor permit, discharging to Lindsay Creek, permit term to February 9, 2027
CARLTON RADIO ADDITION, Lewiston: IDR10C1ZP, minor permit, discharging to Lower Granite Dam Pool, permit term to February 9, 2027
CITY OF LEWISTON, LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE MS4, Lewiston: IDS028061, minor permit, discharging to LINDSAY,TAMMANY CRK;CLRWTR,SNAKE RV, permit term to September 30, 2025
CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION, Lewiston: IDR05C050, not classed, discharging to WETLANDS
EASTRIDGE ESTATES & APARTMENTS, Lewiston: IDR10C19H, minor permit, discharging to Clearwater River, permit term to February 9, 2027
FED EX LEWISTON EXPANSION, Lewiston: IDNOEJ00F, not classed
FED EX LEWISTON EXPANSION, Lewiston: IDR10036T, not classed
GENERAL TOOL STORAGE, Lewiston: IDNOE3026, not classed
HOWELL MUNITIONS AND TECHNOLOGY INC, Lewiston: IDNOE3023, not classed
IDAHO FOREST GROUP, Lewiston: IDR05CW09, not classed, discharging to UNKNOWN

Identity

Facility as filed	PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING
Permittee as filed	PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING
NPDES ID	IDR053088
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	December 6, 2015
Expiration date	June 3, 2020
Issuing agency	U.S. EPA
Address	Lewiston, ID 59404
Subwatershed	Catholic Creek-Clearwater River (HUC 170603061308)

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
7With 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
Solids, total suspended	2	2
Iron, total recoverable	2	2
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	2
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	2
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	2
Aluminum, total recoverable	2	2
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	2	2

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES IDR053088.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
January 13, 2026	Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IDR053088.

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
January 15, 2026	No Further Action	State
January 15, 2026	Notice of Noncompliance Issued	State
January 15, 2026	Notice of Noncompliance Issued	State
January 15, 2026	No Further Action	State

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES IDR053088 for PACIFIC STEEL AND RECYCLING in Lewiston, ID, within the Catholic Creek-Clearwater River subwatershed (HUC 170603061308), which is listed as administratively continued and issued under the industrial stormwater program. The page lists 7 pollutants on file, 7 of them under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.