Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES UT0000116
PACIFICORP GADSBY POWER PLANT (GADSBY PLANT), Salt Lake City, UT: NPDES UT0000116 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PACIFICORP GADSBY POWER PLANT (GADSBY PLANT), held by PACIFICORP--GADSBY, holds NPDES permit UT0000116, which discharges to S L Abatement Canal Thence Great Salt Lake. EPA’s file records it issued December 13, 2006 and expiring December 31, 2011. 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 | PACIFICORP GADSBY POWER PLANT (GADSBY PLANT) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PACIFICORP--GADSBY |
| NPDES ID | UT0000116 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | December 13, 2006 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2011 |
| Issuing agency | Utah DEQ/Water Quality |
| Address | Salt Lake City, UT 84116 |
| Receiving water | S L ABATEMENT CANAL thence great Salt Lake |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Jordan River-Frontal Great Salt Lake (HUC 160202040405) |
| NAICS | 221122 – Electric Power Distribution |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler UTT500010087; ICIS-AIR source UT0000004903500068 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 12 | 8 | July 31, 2023 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 8 | 3 | November 30, 2025 | 10% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 1 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2000 | 330% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2001 | 10% over the limit |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sanitary waste discharged-assessmnt | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES UT0000116.
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.