Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0038938
OLYMPIC CORRECTIONS CENTER, Forks, WA: NPDES WA0038938 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OLYMPIC CORRECTIONS CENTER, held by Department of Corrections, holds NPDES permit WA0038938. EPA’s file records it issued June 9, 2011 and expiring July 30, 2016. 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 | OLYMPIC CORRECTIONS CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Department of Corrections |
| NPDES ID | WA0038938 |
| 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 | June 9, 2011 |
| Expiration date | July 30, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Forks, WA 98331 |
| Subwatershed | Snahapish River (HUC 171001020104) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 179% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2004 | 52% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 132 | 0 | ||
| BOD, percent removal [total] | 1 | 77 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 3 | 36 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ultraviolet light intensity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WA0038938.
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.