Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR302012
NW METALS & SALVAGE SERVICE INC MIDVALE, Seattle, WA: NPDES WAR302012 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NW METALS & SALVAGE SERVICE INC MIDVALE, held by Northwest Metals & Salvage Service Inc, holds NPDES permit WAR302012. EPA’s file records it issued November 20, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | NW METALS & SALVAGE SERVICE INC MIDVALE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Northwest Metals & Salvage Service Inc |
| NPDES ID | WAR302012 |
| 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 |
| Issued | November 20, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Seattle, WA 98103 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lake Washington-Sammamish River (HUC 171100120400) |
| NAICS | 236210 – Industrial Building Construction |
| SIC | 1541 – Industrial Buildings And Warehouses |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 31 | 4 | December 31, 2024 | 2,386% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 31 | 4 | December 31, 2024 | 1,857% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 27 | 3 | December 31, 2017 | 38% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 23 | 3 | December 31, 2024 | 767% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 56 | 2 | December 31, 2024 | |
| Turbidity | 1 | 29 | 2 | March 31, 2023 | |
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 33 | 1 | March 31, 2023 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 1 | 7 | 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 WAR302012.
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 October 14, 2026.