Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0026573
SANDY WWTP, Boring, OR: NPDES OR0026573 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SANDY WWTP, held by SANDY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit OR0026573, which discharges to Tickle Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 25, 2010 and expiring November 30, 2013. 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 | SANDY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SANDY, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | OR0026573 |
| 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 | January 25, 2010 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2013 |
| Address | Boring, OR 97009 |
| Receiving water | TICKLE CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Trickle Creek-Deep Creek (HUC 170900110604) |
| 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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 96 | 62 | April 30, 2023 | 416% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 9 | 70 | 30 | January 31, 2024 | 286% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 14 | 14 | January 31, 2023 | 227% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 11 | 11 | November 30, 2025 | 1,745% over the limit |
| Dilution factor | 1 | 5 | 4 | April 30, 2020 | 69% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2023 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2020 | 44% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Report due [yrmoda] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light intensity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 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
- 15Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 3, 2023 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| May 7, 2019 | Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified Operator | ST6 |
| February 1, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| January 1, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| December 1, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| November 1, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| November 1, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| August 10, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| August 10, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| November 16, 2017 | WW SSO - Discharge to Waters | ST6 |
| November 1, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| October 22, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| June 16, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| May 3, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| January 1, 2017 | Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified Operator | 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.