Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0031968
SEATTLE IRON & METALS CORP, Seattle, WA: NPDES WA0031968 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SEATTLE IRON & METALS CORP, held by SEATTLE IRON AND METALS CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit WA0031968. EPA’s file records it issued September 16, 2013 and expiring September 30, 2018. 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 | SEATTLE IRON & METALS CORP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SEATTLE IRON AND METALS CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | WA0031968 |
| 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 |
| Issued | September 16, 2013 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Seattle, WA 98108 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Green River (HUC 171100130305) |
| SIC | 5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WAH000010678 |
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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 78 | 66 | July 31, 2021 | 1,900% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 73 | 61 | March 31, 2020 | 1,904% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 0 | 58 | 49 | August 31, 2013 | |
| Hydrocarbons, petroleum | 0 | 39 | 39 | September 30, 2013 | 948% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 24 | 12 | March 31, 2020 | 298% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 10 | 8 | October 31, 2022 | 267% over the limit |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 10 | 5 | October 31, 2014 | 31,076% over the limit |
| pH, maximum | 0 | 3 | 3 | April 30, 2011 | |
| pH | 0 | 25 | 1 | July 31, 2019 | |
| Hexachloroethane | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Hydrocarbons, total petroleum | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1016 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chemical oxygen demand [COD] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodiphenylamine | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobenzene | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 0 | 2 | 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 WA0031968.
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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