Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR008726
CHEMCO INC, Ferndale, WA: NPDES WAR008726 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHEMCO INC, held by Chemco Inc, holds NPDES permit WAR008726. 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 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CHEMCO INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Chemco Inc |
| NPDES ID | WAR008726 |
| 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 | Ferndale, WA 98248 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Terrell Creek-Frontal Birch Bay (HUC 171100020203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 19 | 10 | September 30, 2024 | 129% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 17 | 3 | December 31, 2016 | 78% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 15 | 1 | September 30, 2024 | 34% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chemical oxygen demand [COD] | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 1 | 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 WAR008726.
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.