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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR003019

UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC, Tacoma, WA: NPDES WAR003019 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC, held by United Rentals (North America), Inc, holds NPDES permit WAR003019. EPA’s file records it issued November 20, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024.

UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC, Tacoma, Washington: Coverage under a general permit WAR003019, held by United Rentals (North America), Inc; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 20, 2019, term to December 31, 2024, by State; Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing.

  • Turbidity: 2 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2022.
  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2022, largest 138% over the limit.
  • Chemical oxygen demand [COD]: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2022, largest 275% over the limit.
  • pH: 4 limits, 32 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil and grease visual: 2 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel and Waste Oil: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 166 discharge permits in the Hylebos Creek-Frontal Commencement Bay subwatershed (HUC 171100190205), WAR003019 among them. Its county holds 662, 9 of them major permits; WAR003019 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Hylebos Creek-Frontal Commencement Bay subwatershed (HUC 171100190205)

Identity

Facility as filedUNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC
Permittee as filedUnited Rentals (North America), Inc
NPDES IDWAR003019
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
IssuedNovember 20, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressTacoma, WA 98422
SubwatershedHylebos Creek-Frontal Commencement Bay (HUC 171100190205)
NAICS532412 – Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing
SIC7353 – Heavy Construction Equipment Rental
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler WAH000009423

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
Turbidity2184December 31, 2022
Solids, total suspended4142December 31, 2022138% over the limit
Chemical oxygen demand [COD]282March 31, 2022275% over the limit
pH4320
Oil and grease visual2160
Copper, total [as Cu]2140
Zinc, total [as Zn]2140
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel240
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel and Waste Oil030

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WAR003019.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES WAR003019.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES WAR003019.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit WAR003019, held by UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC in Tacoma, WA, with a permit status of administratively continued and a Minor Discharger class of 8. The register lists 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.