Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0023744
BELLINGHAM STP, Bellingham, WA: NPDES WA0023744 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
BELLINGHAM STP, held by City of Bellingham Public Works, holds NPDES permit WA0023744. EPA’s file records it issued June 19, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019. 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 | BELLINGHAM STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Bellingham Public Works |
| NPDES ID | WA0023744 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 19, 2014 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Bellingham, WA 98225 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Squalicum Creek-Frontal Bellingham Bay (HUC 171100040601) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WAD980739320; ICIS-AIR source WANCA1318 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 97 | 3 | November 30, 2021 | 130% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 222 | 2 | May 31, 2017 | 102% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 166 | 2 | February 29, 2016 | 57% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 35 | 1 | November 30, 2021 | 230% over the limit |
| Flow | 0 | 109 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 94 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 94 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved reactive [drp as P] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Volume, total | 0 | 22 | 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 WA0023744.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WA0023744.
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 WA0023744.
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.