Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0041246
BSD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Biggs, OR: NPDES OR0041246 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BSD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, held by BIGGS SERVICE DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit OR0041246, which discharges to Columbia River. EPA’s file records it issued March 2, 2021 and expiring February 28, 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 | BSD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BIGGS SERVICE DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | OR0041246 |
| 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 | March 2, 2021 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2026 |
| Address | Biggs, OR 97039 |
| Receiving water | COLUMBIA RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Spanish Hollow Creek (HUC 170701050101) |
| 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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 11 | 33 | 3 | November 30, 2021 | 43% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 24 | 3 | July 31, 2022 | 67% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2021 | 30% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 25 | 1 | October 31, 2022 | 496% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 6 | 1 | August 31, 2022 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 1 | November 30, 2021 | 57% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light dosage | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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 | ||
| 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 16, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| July 1, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| September 1, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| May 29, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| July 1, 2019 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Notify | ST6 |
| July 1, 2019 | 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 October 14, 2026.