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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ORRZ00084

PNW METAL RECYCLING - ST. HELENS, St Helens, OR: NPDES ORRZ00084 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PNW METAL RECYCLING - ST. HELENS, held by PNW Metal Recycling, Inc, holds NPDES permit ORRZ00084. EPA’s file records it issued November 27, 2024 and expiring June 30, 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 filedPNW METAL RECYCLING - ST. HELENS
Permittee as filedPNW Metal Recycling, Inc
NPDES IDORRZ00084
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedNovember 27, 2024
Expiration dateJune 30, 2026
AddressSt Helens, OR 97051
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedScappoose Creek (HUC 170900120404)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
pH2120
Solids, total suspended160
Copper, total [as Cu]160
Lead, total [as Pb]160
Zinc, total [as Zn]160
Aluminum, total [as Al]160
Chemical oxygen demand [COD]160

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ORRZ00084.

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 ORRZ00084.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit ORRZ00084 for PNW METAL RECYCLING - ST. HELENS in St Helens, OR, held by PNW Metal Recycling, Inc, an industrial stormwater permit listed as administratively continued with an issue date of November 27, 2024 and an expiration date of June 30, 2026. The file lists 7 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, and 7 with a violation of any kind, within the Scappoose Creek subwatershed (HUC 170900120404).