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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0000078

WESTROCK LONGVIEW, LLC, Longview, WA: NPDES WA0000078 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WESTROCK LONGVIEW, LLC, held by WestRock Longview, LLC, holds NPDES permit WA0000078. EPA’s file records it issued February 16, 2016 and expiring February 28, 2021. 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 filedWESTROCK LONGVIEW, LLC
Permittee as filedWestRock Longview, LLC
NPDES IDWA0000078
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 16, 2016
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2021
Issuing agencyState
AddressLongview, WA 98632
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCathlamet Channel-Columbia River (HUC 170800030700)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C02715February 29, 201663% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general073September 30, 2024300% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual062December 31, 2015100% over the limit
Solids, total suspended0131April 30, 201113% over the limit
Flow040
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]010
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]010

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 28, 2026Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 14, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 4, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

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.