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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0022551

LAFAYETTE STP, Lafayette, OR: NPDES OR0022551 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LAFAYETTE STP, held by LAFAYETTE, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit OR0022551, which discharges to Yamhill River. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2020 and expiring August 31, 2025. 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 filedLAFAYETTE STP
Permittee as filedLAFAYETTE, CITY OF
NPDES IDOR0022551
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 30, 2020
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2025
AddressLafayette, OR 97127
Receiving waterYAMHILL RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHawn Creek-Yamhill River (HUC 170900080703)
SIC4952 – 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

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C114522July 31, 2025593% over the limit
Solids, total suspended114821August 31, 2023557% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]92211August 31, 2023726% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]3177August 31, 2022156% over the limit
Excess thermal load1107September 30, 202541% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal162July 31, 2022113% over the limit
E. coli4161August 31, 2020496% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal151October 31, 2019124% over the limit
pH5120
Temperature, water deg. centigrade4100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]230
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
Ultraviolet light dosage110
Solids, total dissolved110
Flow rate100
Oil & Grease100
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]100
Ultraviolet light intensity100
Ultraviolet light transmittance100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 3, 2023Effluent Violations - Unauthorized DischargeST6
December 1, 2020Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity RequirementsST6
January 1, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 1, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6
January 1, 2018Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling ViolationST6
January 1, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 1, 2018Permit Violations - Unapproved OperationST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES OR0022551 for LAFAYETTE STP in Lafayette, OR, held by LAFAYETTE, CITY OF, which discharges to the Yamhill River. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and its Minor Discharger class is 21.