Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OR0034037
BLACK BUTTE RANCH, Sisters, OR: NPDES OR0034037 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLACK BUTTE RANCH, held by BLACK BUTTE RANCH CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit OR0034037, which discharges to Indian Ford Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 21, 2015 and expiring September 30, 2020. 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 | BLACK BUTTE RANCH |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BLACK BUTTE RANCH CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | OR0034037 |
| 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 21, 2015 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2020 |
| Address | Sisters, OR 97759 |
| Receiving water | INDIAN FORD CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Cache Creek (HUC 170703010902) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 20 | 6 | January 31, 2025 | 173% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 6 | 1 | February 28, 2019 | 20% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 43 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 42 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 5 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 1, 2025 | Failure to provide complete and accurate information (not related to annual report) | ST6 |
| November 1, 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.