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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAG641011

RYDERWOOD WTP, Ryderwood, WA: NPDES WAG641011 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RYDERWOOD WTP, held by Cowlitz County Public Works, holds NPDES permit WAG641011. EPA’s file records it issued July 17, 2019 and expiring August 31, 2024. 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 filedRYDERWOOD WTP
Permittee as filedCowlitz County Public Works
NPDES IDWAG641011
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 17, 2019
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressRyderwood, WA 98581
SubwatershedStillwater Creek (HUC 170800050901)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Solids, settleable1122October 31, 201499,999% over the limit
pH2100
Number of Events2100
Volume, total2100
Turbidity1100
Chlorine, total residual1100
Arsenic, dissolved [as As]010
Arsenic, total [as As]010

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 WAG641011.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WAG641011.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 29, 2026Letter of Violation/ Warning LetterState

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit WAG641011 for the RYDERWOOD WTP in Ryderwood, WA, held by Cowlitz County Public Works, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a Minor Discharger class. The facts list 8 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 8 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.