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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR011411

INDEPENDENT FOOD PROCESSORS CO, Sunnyside, WA: NPDES WAR011411 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

INDEPENDENT FOOD PROCESSORS CO, held by Seneca Foods LLC, holds NPDES permit WAR011411. EPA’s file records it issued October 21, 2009 and expiring December 31, 2014. 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 filedINDEPENDENT FOOD PROCESSORS CO
Permittee as filedSeneca Foods LLC
NPDES IDWAR011411
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
IssuedOctober 21, 2009
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2014
Issuing agencyState
AddressSunnyside, WA 98944
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedSulphur Creek Wasteway (HUC 170300030906)

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]03118December 31, 20181,716% over the limit
Turbidity02916December 31, 2018
Copper, total [as Cu]0196December 31, 2018209% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0126December 31, 20183,996% over the limit
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]0126June 30, 20171,731% over the limit
pH, maximum0260
Oil and grease visual0130
Coliform, fecal general0120
Phosphorus, total [as P]060

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 WAR011411.

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.