Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0028801
AM WRF, Albany, OR: NPDES OR0028801 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AM WRF, held by ALBANY-MILLERSBURG WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, holds NPDES permit OR0028801, which discharges to Willamette River. EPA’s file records it issued November 20, 2000 and expiring October 31, 2005. 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 | AM WRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ALBANY-MILLERSBURG WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY |
| NPDES ID | OR0028801 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 20, 2000 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2005 |
| Address | Albany, OR 97321 |
| Receiving water | WILLAMETTE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Truax Creek-Willamette River (HUC 170900030610) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler ORD987192226 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 7 | 18 | 15 | January 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 24 | 9 | 9 | December 31, 2021 | 867% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 24 | 6 | 6 | May 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 6 | 6 | December 31, 2010 | 367% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2017 | 10% over the limit |
| Excess thermal load | 0 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2026 | 3% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine usage | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Report due [yrmoda] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 19, 2023 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| June 15, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| January 1, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| October 17, 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 September 15, 2026.