Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0022659
MORTON STP, Morton, WA: NPDES WA0022659 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MORTON STP, held by City of Morton, holds NPDES permit WA0022659. EPA’s file records it issued December 21, 2012 and expiring December 31, 2017. 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 | MORTON STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City of Morton |
| NPDES ID | WA0022659 |
| 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 | December 21, 2012 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Morton, WA 98365 |
| Subwatershed | Middle Tilton River (HUC 170800050104) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 | 8 | 140 | 30 | April 30, 2023 | 728% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 30 | 18 | November 30, 2022 | 837% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 113 | 3 | October 31, 2022 | 28% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 26 | 1 | October 31, 2022 | 10% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 13 | 1 | March 31, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH, minimum | 0 | 1 | 1 | February 29, 2008 | |
| pH | 2 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, total [as PO4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2017 | Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application | 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.