Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0000795
GP WAUNA MILL, Wauna, OR: NPDES OR0000795 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 34Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GP WAUNA MILL, held by GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER OPERATIONS, LLC, holds NPDES permit OR0000795, which discharges to Columbia River (Rm 42). EPA’s file records it issued December 28, 2018 and expiring November 30, 2023. 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 | GP WAUNA MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER OPERATIONS, LLC |
| NPDES ID | OR0000795 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 28, 2018 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2023 |
| Address | Wauna, OR 97016 |
| Receiving water | COLUMBIA RIVER (RM 42) |
| Subwatershed | Hunt Creek-Frontal Columbia River (HUC 170800030602) |
| SIC | 2611 – Pulp Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ORQ000017988; ICIS-AIR source OR0000004100700004 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 34Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 6 | 13 | 3 | February 29, 2020 | 249% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 5 | 3 | December 31, 2024 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 15 | 1 | February 29, 2020 | 13% over the limit |
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 1 | 4 | 1 | January 31, 2010 | 10% over the limit |
| Excess thermal load | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total production - mass | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Adsorbable organic halides [AOX] | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichloroguaiacol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichlorocatechol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroguaiacol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachlorocatechol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorosyringol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4,5,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Report due [yrmoda] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4,4'-DDT | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Heptachlor | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Heptachlor epoxide | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Facility operated during month, # days | 1 | 0 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
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.