Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0022560
VERNONIA STP, Vernonia, OR: NPDES OR0022560 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VERNONIA STP, held by VERNONIA, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit OR0022560, which discharges to Nehalem River. EPA’s file records it issued November 5, 2007 and expiring May 31, 2011. 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 | VERNONIA STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VERNONIA, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | OR0022560 |
| 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 | November 5, 2007 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2011 |
| Address | Vernonia, OR 97064 |
| Receiving water | NEHALEM RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Coon Creek-Nehalem River (HUC 171002020109) |
| 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
- 14Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 | 6 | 13 | 13 | December 31, 2025 | 53% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2023 | 160% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2021 | 31% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 37% over the limit |
| Flow, total | 1 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2022 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2021 | 83% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine usage | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2022 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| January 4, 2022 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | 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.