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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR309232

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SEATTLE, Seattle, WA: NPDES WAR309232 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SEATTLE, held by General Construction Company, holds NPDES permit WAR309232. 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedGENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SEATTLE
Permittee as filedGeneral Construction Company
NPDES IDWAR309232
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
AddressSeattle, WA 98106
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMiller Creek-Frontal East Passage (HUC 171100190204)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler WAD982658445

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Copper, total [as Cu]22414December 31, 20241,257% over the limit
Turbidity22212December 31, 2024
Zinc, total [as Zn]22010December 31, 20241,148% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4219December 31, 20244,633% over the limit
pH4200
Oil and grease visual2100
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel040

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 WAR309232.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES WAR309232, held by General Construction Company in Seattle, WA, which EPA's permit file records as issued November 20, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024, and which is listed as administratively continued. The page lists a Minor Discharger class, 6 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the receiving water in subwatershed Miller Creek-Frontal East Passage (HUC 171100190204).