Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0040347
RADIUS RECYCLING, Tacoma, WA: NPDES WA0040347 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RADIUS RECYCLING, held by Schnitzer Steel of Tacoma, holds NPDES permit WA0040347. EPA’s file records it issued July 26, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024. 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 | RADIUS RECYCLING |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Schnitzer Steel of Tacoma |
| NPDES ID | WA0040347 |
| 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 | July 26, 2019 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Tacoma, WA 98422 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 21With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 10 | 88 | 33 | February 29, 2024 | 2,739,900% over the limit |
| pH, minimum | 6 | 15 | 1 | August 31, 2019 | |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 16 | 122 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 4 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 12 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 12 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 12 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 10 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 10 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 10 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Chemical oxygen demand [COD] | 10 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 12 | 16 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1242 bot. dep., dry solid | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Volume, total | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1242 | 0 | 4 | 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 WA0040347.
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.