Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0027278
HELLS CANYON POWER PLANT, Wallowa County, OR: NPDES OR0027278 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HELLS CANYON POWER PLANT, held by IDAHO POWER COMPANY, holds NPDES permit OR0027278, which discharges to Snake River. EPA’s file records it issued August 18, 2004 and expiring July 31, 2009. 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 | HELLS CANYON POWER PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | IDAHO POWER COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | OR0027278 |
| 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 | August 18, 2004 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2009 |
| Address | Wallowa County, OR 97840 |
| Receiving water | SNAKE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hells Canyon Dam-Snake River (HUC 170502010705) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 3Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 3 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES OR0027278.
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 OR0027278.
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.