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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR009977

BURLINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC TACOMA, Tacoma, WA: NPDES WAR009977 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BURLINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC TACOMA, held by Burlington Environmental LLC Tacoma, holds NPDES permit WAR009977. 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 filedBURLINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC TACOMA
Permittee as filedBurlington Environmental LLC Tacoma
NPDES IDWAR009977
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 20, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressTacoma, WA 98421
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPuget Sound (HUC 171100191200)

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
Turbidity26029December 31, 2018
Magnesium, total [as Mg]04525December 31, 201820,369% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]25019December 31, 2018907% over the limit
Solids, total suspended26016December 31, 20181,100% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]2398December 31, 2022215% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]2262March 31, 2015173% over the limit
Cadmium, total [as Cd]2262June 30, 201733% over the limit
Chemical oxygen demand [COD]2262June 30, 2017900% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]2251June 30, 2017168% over the limit
pH4620
Oil and grease visual2310
Arsenic, total [as As]2240
Silver, total [as Ag]2240
Selenium, total [as Se]2240
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel2240
Mercury, total [as Hg]2240
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2200
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel and Waste Oil080
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)060
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)060
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)060
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)060
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)060
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA)060
Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3]040

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 WAR009977.

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.