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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR010876

INGREDION INCORPORATED RICHLAND PLANT, Richland, WA: NPDES WAR010876 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

INGREDION INCORPORATED RICHLAND PLANT, held by Ingredion Inc., holds NPDES permit WAR010876. 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 filedINGREDION INCORPORATED RICHLAND PLANT
Permittee as filedIngredion Inc.
NPDES IDWAR010876
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
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
Zinc, total [as Zn]12911March 31, 20221,661% over the limit
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]1187December 31, 2021535% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1185December 31, 2020130% over the limit
Turbidity1223March 31, 2021
pH, maximum2351September 30, 2020
Oil and grease visual1191March 31, 20222,147,483,650% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]1180
Phosphorus, total [as P]1110

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 WAR010876.

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.