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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0020320

KALAMA STP, Kalama, WA: NPDES WA0020320 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KALAMA STP, held by City of Kalama, holds NPDES permit WA0020320. EPA’s file records it issued October 22, 2009 and expiring November 30, 2014.

KALAMA STP, Kalama, Washington: Individual permit WA0020320, held by City of Kalama; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 22, 2009, term to November 30, 2014, by State.

  • Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 242 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2013, largest 65% over the limit.
  • Solids, suspended percent removal: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2013, largest 13% over the limit.
  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 0 limits, 240 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • September 8, 2026: Evaluation (S).
  • August 11, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Washington holds 238 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 25 were issued before WA0020320. City of Kalama holds 2 permits in Washington.

Other permits held by City of Kalama

  • KALAMA WTP, Kalama: WAG641023, issued July 17, 2019

Coverages issued nearest WA0020320

  • April 3, 2009: EATONVILLE STP, Eatonville, WA0037231, held by TOWN OF EATONVILLE
  • April 24, 2009: FAIRFIELD WWTP, Fairfield, WA0045489, held by Town of Fairfield
  • May 14, 2009: NORTH BONNEVILLE STP, North Bonneville, WA0023388, held by City of North Bonnevvile
  • June 4, 2009: TACOMA NORTH NO 3, Tacoma, WA0037214, held by City of Tacoma
  • August 11, 2009: CHERRYWOOD MOBILE HOME MANOR, Puyallup, WA0037079, held by CHERRYWOOD MOBILE HOME PARK
  • December 10, 2009: GRAND COULEE WWTP, Grand Coulee, WA0044857, held by City of Grand Coulee
  • February 16, 2010: GRAND MOUND STP, Rochester, WA0042099, held by Thurston County Public Works
  • April 14, 2010: NEWPORT WWTP, Newport, WA0022322, held by City of Newport
  • May 1, 2010: LAKE WENATCHEE POTW, Leavenworth, WA0052094, held by Chelan Co PUD #1 Lake Wenatchee
  • June 1, 2010: ODESSA STP, Odessa, WA0045560, held by Town of Odessa

KALAMA STP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 42 discharge permits in the Burris Creek-Frontal Columbia River subwatershed (HUC 170800030106), WA0020320 among them. Its county holds 174, 5 of them major permits; WA0020320 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Burris Creek-Frontal Columbia River subwatershed (HUC 170800030106)

Identity

Facility as filedKALAMA STP
Permittee as filedCity of Kalama
NPDES IDWA0020320
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 22, 2009
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2014
Issuing agencyState
AddressKalama, WA 98625
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBurris Creek-Frontal Columbia River (HUC 170800030106)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Solids, total suspended02422July 31, 201365% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal011July 31, 201313% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C02400

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WA0020320.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 8, 2026EvaluationS
August 11, 2026EvaluationS

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES WA0020320.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WA0020320 for KALAMA STP in Kalama, WA, held by City of Kalama, with its status recorded as administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The listed figures are 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.