Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0028843
GRANTS PASS STP, Grants Pass, OR: NPDES OR0028843 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GRANTS PASS STP, held by GRANTS PASS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit OR0028843, which discharges to Rogue River. EPA’s file records it issued December 29, 2000 and expiring November 30, 2005. 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 filed | GRANTS PASS STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GRANTS PASS, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | OR0028843 |
| 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 | December 29, 2000 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2005 |
| Address | Grants Pass, OR 97526 |
| Receiving water | ROGUE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Gilbert Creek-Rogue River (HUC 171003080402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 17 | 12 | 5 | December 31, 2024 | 170% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 7 | 3 | February 28, 2022 | 127% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 9 | 123 | 2 | February 28, 2019 | 126% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 7 | 2 | December 31, 2024 | 142% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 6 | 1 | February 28, 2019 | 66% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 14 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2013 | 14% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 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 | ||
| Excess thermal load | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light dosage | 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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 21, 2025 | WW SSO - Discharge without a valid permit (includes satellite systems) | ST6 |
| December 29, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| December 29, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Unauthorized Discharge | ST6 |
| December 22, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
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 15, 2026.