Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0028339
CAVE JUNCTION WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Cave Junction, OR: NPDES OR0028339 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CAVE JUNCTION WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by CAVE JUNCTION, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit OR0028339, which discharges to Illinois River. EPA’s file records it issued June 26, 2017 and expiring May 31, 2022. 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 | CAVE JUNCTION WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CAVE JUNCTION, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | OR0028339 |
| 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 | June 26, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Address | Cave Junction, OR 97523 |
| Receiving water | ILLINOIS RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Kerby-Illinois River (HUC 171003110601) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 5 | 2 | April 30, 2019 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2019 | 80% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Excess thermal load | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 19, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| February 5, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| January 8, 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.