Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0002585
COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS, Klamath Falls, OR: NPDES OR0002585 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS, held by COLUMBIA PLYWOOD CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit OR0002585, which discharges to Klamath River. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 1984 and expiring November 30, 1989. 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 | COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COLUMBIA PLYWOOD CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | OR0002585 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 20, 1984 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 1989 |
| Address | Klamath Falls, OR 97601 |
| Receiving water | KLAMATH RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Klamath Falls-Klamath River (HUC 180102041201) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ORD047088380; ICIS-AIR source OR0000004103500014 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES OR0002585.
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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 20, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| February 20, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Industrial Spill | ST6 |
| December 6, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| November 22, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| April 20, 2021 | 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 September 15, 2026.