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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR045550

BELLINGHAM CITY, Bellingham, WA: NPDES WAR045550 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BELLINGHAM CITY, held by City of Bellingham Public Works, holds NPDES permit WAR045550. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024.

BELLINGHAM CITY, Bellingham, Washington: Coverage under a general permit WAR045550, held by City of Bellingham Public Works; Small municipal storm sewer systems; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 1, 2019, term to July 31, 2024, by State.

  • June 17, 2026: Audit (S).

Washington holds 153 Small municipal storm sewer systems coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 2 were issued before WAR045550. City of Bellingham Public Works holds 2 permits in Washington.

Other permits held by City of Bellingham Public Works

Coverages issued nearest WAR045550

  • July 1, 2019: TUKWILA CITY OF, Tukwila, WAR045544, held by City of Tukwila
  • July 1, 2019: WOODINVILLE CITY, Woodinville, WAR045545, held by City of Woodinville
  • July 1, 2019: KITSAP COUNTY, Port Orchard, WAR045546, held by Kitsap County
  • July 1, 2019: CLYDE HILL CITY OF, Clyde Hill, WAR045547, held by City of Clyde Hill
  • July 1, 2019: ANACORTES CITY OF, Anacortes, WAR045549, held by City of Anacortes
  • July 1, 2019: BURLINGTON CITY, Burlington, WAR045551, held by City of Burlington
  • July 1, 2019: FERNDALE CITY, Ferndale, WAR045552, held by City of Ferndale
  • July 1, 2019: MOUNT VERNON CITY, Mount Vernon, WAR045553, held by City of Mount Vernon
  • July 1, 2019: OAK HARBOR CITY, Oak Harbor, WAR045554, held by City of Oak Harbor
  • July 1, 2019: SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY, Sedro-Woolley, WAR045555, held by City of Sedro Woolley

BELLINGHAM CITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 24 discharge permits in the Lower Whatcom Creek subwatershed (HUC 171100040603), WAR045550 among them. Its county holds 327, 4 of them major permits; WAR045550 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Whatcom Creek subwatershed (HUC 171100040603)

Identity

Facility as filedBELLINGHAM CITY
Permittee as filedCity of Bellingham Public Works
NPDES IDWAR045550
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
ProgramSmall municipal storm sewer systems
IssuedJuly 1, 2019
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressBellingham, WA 98225
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLower Whatcom Creek (HUC 171100040603)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler WAD981771181

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES WAR045550.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WAR045550.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 17, 2026AuditS

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 WAR045550.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

Across the 9 storm water small MS4s permits in Whatcom County, 0.0% were issued before BELLINGHAM CITY, which is included in that count. The Lower Whatcom Creek subwatershed holds 24 NPDES permits, and 0.0% of Whatcom County's storm water small MS4s permits carry a violation on file.