Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR001153
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO FIFE, Fife, WA: NPDES WAR001153 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO FIFE, held by Union Pacific Railroad, holds NPDES permit WAR001153. EPA’s file records it issued November 20, 2019 and expiring December 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 | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO FIFE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Union Pacific Railroad |
| NPDES ID | WAR001153 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 20, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Fife, WA 98424 |
| Subwatershed | Puyallup River (HUC 171100140502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbidity | 2 | 28 | 12 | March 31, 2018 | |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 18 | 2 | March 31, 2016 | 10% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel and Waste Oil | 0 | 2 | 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 WAR001153.
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.