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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0040002

MCNEIL ISLAND SPECIAL COMMITMENT CENTER WWTP, Steilacoom, WA: NPDES WA0040002 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MCNEIL ISLAND SPECIAL COMMITMENT CENTER WWTP, held by McNeil Island Stewardship WA Dept of Corrections, holds NPDES permit WA0040002. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2021. 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 filedMCNEIL ISLAND SPECIAL COMMITMENT CENTER WWTP
Permittee as filedMcNeil Island Stewardship WA Dept of Corrections
NPDES IDWA0040002
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
IssuedJuly 1, 2016
Expiration dateJune 30, 2021
Issuing agencyState
AddressSteilacoom, WA 98388
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler WAD980834543

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

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
Coliform, fecal general0259May 31, 20221,353% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0642March 31, 200922% over the limit
Solids, total suspended0642January 31, 200943% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual0240
BOD, percent removal [total]0200
Solids, suspended percent removal0200
pH0160
Flow0140
Temperature, water deg. centigrade020
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]020
Oil and grease, hexane extr method020
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]020
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]020
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]020
Phosphorus, total [as P]020
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]020
Solids, total dissolved020

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WA0040002.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit WA0040002 for the McNeil Island Special Commitment Center WWTP in Steilacoom, WA, held by McNeil Island Stewardship WA Dept of Corrections, which is listed as administratively continued and classed as a Minor discharger. The page reports 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.