Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0023787

WA PARKS LARRABEE WWTP, Bellingham, WA: NPDES WA0023787 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WA PARKS LARRABEE WWTP, held by Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission, holds NPDES permit WA0023787. EPA’s file records it issued October 13, 2016 and expiring October 31, 2021.

WA PARKS LARRABEE WWTP, Bellingham, Washington: Individual permit WA0023787, held by Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 13, 2016, term to October 31, 2021, by State.

Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2008, largest 200% over the limit.
Solids, suspended percent removal: 0 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2025, largest 393% over the limit.
BOD, percent removal [total]: 0 limits, 17 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2023, largest 233% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2006, largest 75% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 0 limits, 27 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Ultraviolet light transmittance: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

March 19, 2018: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).

Washington holds 238 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 146 were issued before WA0023787. Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission holds 2 permits in Washington.

Other permits held by Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission

CASCADE LAKE - LAKE TREATMENT, Unspecified: WAG994700, issued March 17, 2021

Coverages issued nearest WA0023787

July 29, 2016: EASTSOUND SEWER AND WATER DISTRICT WWTP, Eastsound, WA0030571, held by EASTSOUND SEWER & WATER DISTRICT
August 3, 2016: RICHLAND POTW, Richland, WA0020419, held by City of Richland
September 14, 2016: HOQUIAM STP, Hoquiam, WA0020915, held by City of Hoquiam
September 23, 2016: STANWOOD STP, Stanwood, WA0020290, held by STANWOOD CITY
September 23, 2016: ROSARIO WWTP, Eastsound, WA0029891, held by Washington Water Service Company
November 10, 2016: MOSSYROCK STP, Mossyrock, WA0021024, held by City of Mossyrock
November 22, 2016: SOUTH PRAIRIE STP, South Prairie, WA0040479, held by TOWN OF SOUTH PRAIRIE
December 7, 2016: SPANGLE WWTP, Spangle, WA0991010, held by Town of Spangle
December 16, 2016: CHELAN POTW, Chelan, WA0020605, held by City of Chelan POTW
December 30, 2016: LEWIS COUNTY WATER DIST NO 2, Onalaska, WA0024546, held by Lewis County Water District #2

WA PARKS LARRABEE WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 24 discharge permits in the Chuckanot Creek-Frontal Bellingham Bay subwatershed (HUC 171100040604), WA0023787 among them. Its county holds 327, 4 of them major permits; WA0023787 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Chuckanot Creek-Frontal Bellingham Bay subwatershed (HUC 171100040604)

1021 GRANARY AVENUE, Bellingham: WAR309080, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
2015 SEWER REPLACEMENT, Bellingham: WAR303561, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2015
39TH STREET N O CONNELLY AVENUE, Bellingham: WAR124815, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2015
BELLINGHAM SHIPPING TERMINAL, Bellingham: WAR126689, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2014
BELLINGHAM SHIPPING TERMINAL POB, Bellingham: WAR305536, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2024
BELLINGHAM WWTP, Bellingham: WA0025968, not classed
CARVER ACADEMIC RENOVATION, Bellingham: WAR303186, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2015
ENCOGEN GENERATING STATION, Bellingham: WAR126967, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2024
FAIRHAVEN MARINE INDUSTRIAL PARK, Bellingham: WAR313586, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
FAIRHAVEN MARINE INDUSTRIAL PARK (BIRDON AMERICA, INC.), Bellingham: WAG030141, minor permit, permit term to August 31, 2027

Identity

Facility as filed	WA PARKS LARRABEE WWTP
Permittee as filed	Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission
NPDES ID	WA0023787
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	October 13, 2016
Expiration date	October 31, 2021
Issuing agency	State
Address	Bellingham, WA 98229
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Chuckanot Creek-Frontal Bellingham Bay (HUC 171100040604)
Program components on file	POTW, Pretreatment
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler WAD988482246

Effluent limits and exceedances

9Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
9With 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	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, fecal general	7	5	November 30, 2008	200% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	6	5	November 30, 2025	393% over the limit
BOD, percent removal [total]	17	3	April 30, 2023	233% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	13	3	March 31, 2006	75% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	27	0
Solids, total suspended	8	0
Flow	4	0
pH	2	0
Ultraviolet light transmittance	2	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 19, 2018	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WA0023787.

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 WA0023787.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WA0023787 for WA PARKS LARRABEE WWTP in Bellingham, WA, held by Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class of 0, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The subwatershed is listed as Chuckanot Creek-Frontal Bellingham Bay (HUC 171100040604).