Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0001317
TECK COMINCO, Metaline Falls, WA: NPDES WA0001317 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TECK COMINCO, held by Teck Washington Incorporated, holds NPDES permit WA0001317. EPA’s file records it issued April 27, 2004 and expiring May 31, 2009. 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 | TECK COMINCO |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Teck Washington Incorporated |
| NPDES ID | WA0001317 |
| 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 | April 27, 2004 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2009 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Metaline Falls, WA 99153 |
| Subwatershed | Pewee Creek-Pend Oreille River (HUC 170102160308) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 74 | 14 | October 31, 2019 | 69% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 76 | 10 | August 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 67 | 7 | February 28, 2006 | 85% over the limit |
| pH, minimum | 0 | 6 | 1 | November 30, 2007 | |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Uranium, dissolved | 0 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, bicarbonate [as CaCO3] | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Carbonate ion- [as CO3] | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Depth to water level ft below landsurface | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 0 | 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2019 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| December 18, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | 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.