Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR045706

WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Bellingham, WA: NPDES WAR045706 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE, held by Whatcom Community College, holds NPDES permit WAR045706. EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024.

WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Bellingham, Washington: Coverage under a general permit WAR045706, held by Whatcom Community College; 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.

May 27, 2026: Audit (S).

Washington holds 153 Small municipal storm sewer systems coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 2 were issued before WAR045706.

Coverages issued nearest WAR045706

July 1, 2019: WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Bellingham, WAR045701, held by Western Washington University
July 1, 2019: BELLINGHAM TECHNICAL COLLEGE, Bellingham, WAR045702, held by Bellingham Technical College
July 1, 2019: BAINBRIDGE ISLAND SCHOOL DIST 303, Bainbridge Island, WAR045703, held by Bainbridge Island School District #303
July 1, 2019: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL, Bothell, WAR045704, held by University of Washington, Bothell
July 1, 2019: SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE, Mount Vernon, WAR045705, held by Skagit Valley College
July 1, 2019: PORT OF BELLINGHAM, Bellingham, WAR045707, held by Port of Bellingham
July 1, 2019: BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT, Bellingham, WAR045708, held by Bellingham School District
July 1, 2019: PORT OF ANACORTES, Anacortes, WAR045711, held by Port of Anacortes
July 1, 2019: HIGHLINE COLLEGE, Des Moines, WAR045712, held by Highline Community College
July 1, 2019: KENT SCHOOL DIST MAINT DEPT, Kent, WAR045713, held by Kent School District

WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 70 discharge permits in the Squalicum Creek-Frontal Bellingham Bay subwatershed (HUC 171100040601), WAR045706 among them. Its county holds 327, 4 of them major permits; WAR045706 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Squalicum Creek-Frontal Bellingham Bay subwatershed (HUC 171100040601)

215 PRINCE AVENUE, Bellingham: WAR312409, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
AFFINITY AT BELLINGHAM, Bellingham: WAR302201, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2015
ALL AMERICAN MARINE, Bellingham: WAR315431, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2029
AMRIZE STONERIDGE, Bellingham: WAG503343, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
BAKERVIEW INDUSTRIAL STORAGE, Bellingham: WAR313799, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
BELL LUMBER & POLE COMPANY, Bellingham: WA0030813, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2023
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT, Bellingham: WAR045708, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2024
BELLINGHAM STP, Bellingham: WA0023744, major permit, permit term to June 30, 2019
BELLINGHAM TECHNICAL COLLEGE, Bellingham: WAR045702, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2024
BELLIS FAIR BUILDING 1 – FAMILY HOUSING & ELC, Bellingham: WAR314128, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Permittee as filed	Whatcom Community College
NPDES ID	WAR045706
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Small municipal storm sewer systems
Issued	July 1, 2019
Expiration date	July 31, 2024
Issuing agency	State
Address	Bellingham, WA 98226
Subwatershed	Squalicum Creek-Frontal Bellingham Bay (HUC 171100040601)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler WAR000007138

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES WAR045706.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WAR045706.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
May 27, 2026	Audit	S

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 WAR045706.

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Nearby on the register

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

WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE is among the 9 storm water small MS4 permits in Whatcom County, this one included, and 0.0% of that group carries a violation on file. Of those Whatcom County permits, 0.0% were issued earlier than this one, and the Squalicum Creek-Frontal Bellingham Bay subwatershed holds 70 NPDES permits, this one included.