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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ORR216061

USG, Rainier, OR: NPDES ORR216061 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

USG, held by United States Gypsum Company, holds NPDES permit ORR216061. EPA’s file records it issued July 13, 2020 and expiring July 1, 2026. 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 filedUSG
Permittee as filedUnited States Gypsum Company
NPDES IDORR216061
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJuly 13, 2020
Expiration dateJuly 1, 2026
AddressRainier, OR 97048
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGreen Creek-Columbia Side Channel (HUC 170800030204)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source OR0000004100900005

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH0380
Solids, total suspended0190
Copper, total [as Cu]0190
Lead, total [as Pb]0190
Zinc, total [as Zn]0190

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ORR216061.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ORR216061.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

The USG Storm Water Industrial permit in Rainier, Oregon, is one of 3 NPDES permits in the Green Creek-Columbia Side Channel subwatershed, including this one, and it sits among 10 storm water industrial permits in Columbia County. Of those 10 Columbia County permits, 70.0% have a violation on file, while this permit has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance.