Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0020516
PORT ORFORD STP, Port Orford, OR: NPDES OR0020516 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PORT ORFORD STP, held by PORT ORFORD, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit OR0020516. EPA’s file records it issued August 12, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2021. 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 | PORT ORFORD STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PORT ORFORD, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | OR0020516 |
| 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 | August 12, 2016 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2021 |
| Address | Port Orford, OR 97465 |
| Subwatershed | Hubbard Creek-Frontal Pacific Ocean (HUC 171003060401) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterococci | 2 | 7 | 7 | June 30, 2026 | 672% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2025 | 325% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2021 | 213% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2021 | 176% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2021 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 11 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light transmittance | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light dosage | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 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
- 7Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 15, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| January 1, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| October 1, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| October 1, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| April 1, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| February 1, 2021 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| November 1, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | 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.