Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0029645
DRAIN STP, Drain, OR: NPDES OR0029645 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DRAIN STP, held by DRAIN, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit OR0029645, which discharges to Elk Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 29, 2021 and expiring March 31, 2026. 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 | DRAIN STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DRAIN, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | OR0029645 |
| 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 | April 29, 2021 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2026 |
| Address | Drain, OR 97435 |
| Receiving water | ELK CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Middle Elk Creek (HUC 171003030307) |
| 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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 5 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 71% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 3 | 1 | March 31, 2021 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 42% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 11% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 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 | ||
| Excess thermal load | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 12, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | 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.