Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0020478
LINCOLN CITY STP, Lincoln City, OR: NPDES OR0020478 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LINCOLN CITY STP, held by LINCOLN CITY, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit OR0020478, which discharges to Schooner Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LINCOLN CITY STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LINCOLN CITY, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | OR0020478 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2025 |
| Address | Lincoln City, OR 97367 |
| Receiving water | SCHOONER CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Schooner Creek (HUC 171002040708) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 5 | 3 | January 31, 2011 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 11 | 9 | 2 | October 31, 2012 | 2% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 11 | 9 | 1 | August 31, 2007 | 11% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 5 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2008 | 309% over the limit |
| Excess thermal load | 1 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2023 | 15% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Report due [yrmoda] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light dosage | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 0 | 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 OR0020478.
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 September 14, 2026.