Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0029891
BUTTE FALLS STP, Butte Falls, OR: NPDES OR0029891 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BUTTE FALLS STP, held by BUTTE FALLS, TOWN OF, holds NPDES permit OR0029891, which discharges to South Fork Big Butte Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 13, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026. 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 | BUTTE FALLS STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BUTTE FALLS, TOWN OF |
| NPDES ID | OR0029891 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 13, 2021 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2026 |
| Address | Butte Falls, OR 97522 |
| Receiving water | SOUTH FORK BIG BUTTE CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower South Fork Big Butte Creek (HUC 171003070404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 1With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Excess thermal load | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine usage | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES OR0029891.
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 OR0029891.
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.