Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0027260
CASCADE STEEL, Mcminnville, OR: NPDES OR0027260 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CASCADE STEEL, held by CASCADE STEEL ROLLING MILLS, INC., holds NPDES permit OR0027260, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To S Yamhill River. EPA’s file records it issued June 23, 1997 and expiring May 31, 2002. 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 | CASCADE STEEL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CASCADE STEEL ROLLING MILLS, INC. |
| NPDES ID | OR0027260 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 23, 1997 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2002 |
| Address | Mcminnville, OR 97128 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB TO S YAMHILL RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower North Yamhill River (HUC 170900080608) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ORD045776432; ICIS-AIR source OR0000004107105034 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2019 | 3% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 10 | 2 | November 30, 2023 | 133% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 5 | 1 | December 31, 2022 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total production - mass | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Report due [yrmoda] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 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
- 8Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2022 | Failure to submit noncompliance report - industrial stormwater [40 CFR 122.41(l)(6)] | ST6 |
| October 23, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| October 1, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| October 1, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| October 1, 2022 | Failure to properly operate or maintain industrial stormwater controls | ST6 |
| July 1, 2018 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| June 1, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| February 1, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent 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 September 15, 2026.