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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0052141

LAMB WESTON INC RICHLAND PLANT, Richland, WA: NPDES WA0052141 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LAMB WESTON INC RICHLAND PLANT, held by Lamb Weston Richland, holds NPDES permit WA0052141. EPA’s file records it issued January 29, 2014 and expiring February 28, 2019. 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 filedLAMB WESTON INC RICHLAND PLANT
Permittee as filedLamb Weston Richland
NPDES IDWA0052141
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 29, 2014
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2019
Issuing agencyState
AddressRichland, WA 99352
SubwatershedCity of Richland-Columbia River (HUC 170200160602)

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
Solids, total suspended04930April 30, 2026577% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0277February 28, 202658% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade0117September 30, 20099% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual0700
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]0490
Flow0170
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]0150
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]090
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]090
Magnesium, total [as Mg]070
Sodium, total [as Na]070
Potassium, total [as K]070
Solids, total dissolved070
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]060
Phosphorus, total [as P]060
Chloride [as Cl]060
Fluoride, total [as F]060
Iron, total [as Fe]060
Manganese, total [as Mn]060
Sulfate [as S]050
BOD, 5-day, dissolved050
Solids, fixed dissolved050
Nitrogen, total [as N]040
Volume, total030
pH020
pH, maximum020
pH, minimum020
Alkalinity, bicarbonate [as CaCO3]010
Alkalinity, carbonate [as CaCO3]010
Calcium, total [as Ca]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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WA0052141.

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.