Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0020834
CITY OF ST. HELENS, St Helens, OR: NPDES OR0020834 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF ST. HELENS, held by City of St. Helens, holds NPDES permit OR0020834, which discharges to Columbia River (Rm 86). EPA’s file records it issued February 6, 2004 and expiring December 31, 2008. 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 | CITY OF ST. HELENS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of St. Helens |
| NPDES ID | OR0020834 |
| 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 |
| Program | Industrial pretreatment |
| Issued | February 6, 2004 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2008 |
| Address | St Helens, OR 97051 |
| Receiving water | COLUMBIA RIVER (RM 86) |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Gilbert River-Frontal Columbia River (HUC 170900120405) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 33With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 25 | 7 | July 31, 2026 | 82% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 25 | 1 | January 31, 2017 | 496% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 1 | 5 | 1 | July 31, 2009 | |
| Total production - mass | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Halogens, adsorbable organic | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,6-Trichlorocatechol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 3,4,5-Trichlorocatechol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroguaiacol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachlorocatechol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorosyringol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 4,5,6-Trichloroguaiacol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine usage | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Excess thermal load | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Report due [yrmoda] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OR0020834.
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.