Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0021229

TOWN OF ST. JOHN, Saint John, WA: NPDES WA0021229 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
1Formal enforcement actions

TOWN OF ST. JOHN, held by Town of St John, holds NPDES permit WA0021229. EPA’s file records it issued May 22, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019.

TOWN OF ST. JOHN, Saint John, Washington: Individual permit WA0021229, held by Town of St John; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 22, 2014, term to June 30, 2019, by State.

Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 163 violations of any kind, 155 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 99,999% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 0 limits, 56 violations of any kind, 48 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2023, largest 113% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 77 violations of any kind, 45 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2025, largest 480% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 0 limits, 48 violations of any kind, 16 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2025, largest 104% over the limit.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 0 limits, 51 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2018, largest 327% over the limit.
BOD, percent removal [total]: 0 limits, 47 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2018, largest 180% over the limit.
pH: 0 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2025.
Flow: 0 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. centigrade: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

October 15, 2026: Agency Enforcement Review (State).
August 20, 2026: State CWA Non Penalty AO (State).

Washington holds 238 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 84 were issued before WA0021229.

Coverages issued nearest WA0021229

March 18, 2014: SEQUIM WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Sequim, WA0022349, held by City of Sequim
April 23, 2014: TEKOA STP, Tekoa, WA0023141, held by City of Tekoa
May 9, 2014: WAITSBURG STP, Waitsburg, WA0045551, held by Waitsburg City of
May 15, 2014: PULLMAN WWTP, Pullman, WA0044652, held by City of Pullman
May 20, 2014: BINGEN POTW, Bingen, WA0022373, held by City of Bingen
June 19, 2014: BELLINGHAM STP, Bellingham, WA0023744, held by City of Bellingham Public Works
June 24, 2014: DAVENPORT WWTP, Davenport, WA0045578, held by Davenport Wwtp
July 8, 2014: TOUTLE STP, Toutle, WA0037770, held by Cowlitz County Public Works
July 10, 2014: BENTON CITY POTW, Benton City, WA0051349, held by Benton City, City of
July 15, 2014: FERNDALE WWTP, Ferndale, WA0022454, held by City of Ferndale

TOWN OF ST. JOHN among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Lower Pleasant Valley Creek subwatershed (HUC 170601090302), WA0021229 among them. Its county holds 57, 1 of them major permits; WA0021229 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filed	TOWN OF ST. JOHN
Permittee as filed	Town of St John
NPDES ID	WA0021229
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 22, 2014
Expiration date	June 30, 2019
Issuing agency	State
Address	Saint John, WA 99171
Subwatershed	Lower Pleasant Valley Creek (HUC 170601090302)
Program components on file	POTW, Pretreatment
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
11With a violation of any kind
7With 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	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, fecal general	163	155	July 31, 2026	99,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	56	48	April 30, 2023	113% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	77	45	July 31, 2025	480% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	48	16	October 31, 2025	104% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	51	9	March 31, 2018	327% over the limit
BOD, percent removal [total]	47	5	May 31, 2018	180% over the limit
pH	17	1	November 30, 2025
Flow	12	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	8	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	4	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	2	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WA0021229.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WA0021229.

Formal enforcement and penalties

1 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.

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency	Federal penalty	State or local penalty
August 20, 2026	State CWA Non Penalty AO	State

Informal enforcement

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 15, 2026	Agency Enforcement Review	State

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This EPA public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WA0021229, held by TOWN OF ST. JOHN in Saint John, WA, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 7 pollutants under a numeric limit, 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and 11 pollutants on file.