Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR011523
TACOMA PAPERBOARD EAST 26TH STREET, Tacoma, WA: NPDES WAR011523 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TACOMA PAPERBOARD EAST 26TH STREET, held by Caraustar Mill Group Inc, holds NPDES permit WAR011523. 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 | TACOMA PAPERBOARD EAST 26TH STREET |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Caraustar Mill Group Inc |
| NPDES ID | WAR011523 |
| 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 98421 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Puyallup River (HUC 171100140502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbidity | 3 | 19 | 2 | September 30, 2017 | |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 3 | 18 | 1 | March 31, 2019 | 122% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 3 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 3 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chemical oxygen demand [COD] | 3 | 13 | 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 WAR011523.
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.