Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ORRZ00182
REFRIGERATION CONTRACTORS INC, Portland, OR: NPDES ORRZ00182 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
REFRIGERATION CONTRACTORS INC, held by Refrigeration Contractors Inc, holds NPDES permit ORRZ00182. EPA’s file records it issued December 17, 2025 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 filed | REFRIGERATION CONTRACTORS INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Refrigeration Contractors Inc |
| NPDES ID | ORRZ00182 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | December 17, 2025 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2026 |
| Address | Portland, OR 97230 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Columbia Slough-Frontal Columbia River (HUC 170900120201) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler OR0000556704 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 2 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES ORRZ00182.
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES ORRZ00182.
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.