Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0045489
FAIRFIELD WWTP, Fairfield, WA: NPDES WA0045489 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FAIRFIELD WWTP, held by Town of Fairfield, holds NPDES permit WA0045489. EPA’s file records it issued April 24, 2009 and expiring April 30, 2014. 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 | FAIRFIELD WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Town of Fairfield |
| NPDES ID | WA0045489 |
| 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 | April 24, 2009 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2014 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Fairfield, WA 99012 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rattler Run Creek-Hangman Creek (HUC 170103060202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 438 | 52 | April 30, 2024 | 1,340% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 84 | 46 | February 28, 2023 | 372% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 31 | 21 | December 31, 2013 | 1,233% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 54 | 16 | March 31, 2019 | 1,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 329 | 7 | January 31, 2019 | 286% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 44 | 6 | April 30, 2013 | |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 224 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
| BOD, percent removal [total] | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 36 | 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 WA0045489.
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.