Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR011325
SFS SMITH FIRE SYSTEMS, Tacoma, WA: NPDES WAR011325 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SFS SMITH FIRE SYSTEMS, held by Smith Fire Systems Inc, holds NPDES permit WAR011325. 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 | SFS SMITH FIRE SYSTEMS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Smith Fire Systems Inc |
| NPDES ID | WAR011325 |
| 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 | Tacoma, WA 98424 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 31 | 7 | September 30, 2024 | 122% over the limit |
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 27 | 3 | September 30, 2021 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 25 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 13% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 25 | 1 | September 30, 2024 | 71% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 14 | 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 WAR011325.
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.