Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0040932
RIVER ROAD GENERATING PLANT, Vancouver, WA: NPDES WA0040932 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RIVER ROAD GENERATING PLANT, held by Clark Public Utilities, holds NPDES permit WA0040932. EPA’s file records it issued August 11, 2017 and expiring August 31, 2022. 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 | RIVER ROAD GENERATING PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Clark Public Utilities |
| NPDES ID | WA0040932 |
| 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 | August 11, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Vancouver, WA 98668 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lake River-Frontal Columbia River (HUC 170900120304) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WAH000034901; ICIS-AIR source WASWC0005301100150 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 26 | 2 | October 31, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2026 | 1,475% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2026 | 5,000% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2026 | 367% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2026 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2025 | 190% over the limit |
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2025 | 52% over the limit |
| Halogens, total combined | 0 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2009 | 5% over the limit |
| Halogen, total residual | 4 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH, minimum | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 1 | 0 | 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 WA0040932.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.