Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0003735
COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS, Mellen, WI: NPDES WI0003735 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS, held by Columbia Forest Products, holds NPDES permit WI0003735, which discharges to Bad R. EPA’s file records it issued October 25, 2011 and expiring December 31, 2016. 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.
What the register holds for COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Mellen, Wisconsin, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES WI0003735.
Identity
| Facility as filed | COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Columbia Forest Products |
| NPDES ID | WI0003735 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 25, 2011 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2016 |
| Address | Mellen, WI 54546 |
| Receiving water | BAD R |
| Subwatershed | Devils Creeks-Bad River (HUC 040103020304) |
| SIC | 2435 – Hardwood Veneer And Plywood |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler WID000808576; ICIS-AIR source WI0000005500300005 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
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 WI0003735.
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 WI0003735.
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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