Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR125583
SOUTH TRANSFER STATION, Seattle, WA: NPDES WAR125583 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTH TRANSFER STATION, held by City Of Seattle Public Utilities, holds NPDES permit WAR125583. 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 | SOUTH TRANSFER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | City Of Seattle Public Utilities |
| NPDES ID | WAR125583 |
| 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 | Seattle, WA 98108 |
| Subwatershed | Green River (HUC 171100130305) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 44Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 44With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbidity | 4 | 18 | 10 | December 31, 2023 | |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 16 | 8 | September 30, 2023 | 443% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 33 | 5 | March 31, 2023 | 160% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 13 | 5 | September 30, 2023 | 721% over the limit |
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Zinc in bottom deposits [dry wgt] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene, sed [dry weight] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene, dry weight | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene, dry weight | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene, dry weight | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene, dry weight | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene, dry weight | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene, dry weight | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene, dry weight | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[ghi]perylene | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, dry weight | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chloronaphthalene | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, tot in bot deposits [dry wgt] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Dibenzofuran, dry weight | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 1-Methylnaphthalene | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Carbazole | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methylnaphthalene | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Particulate Organic Carbon | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 4 | 10 | 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 WAR125583.
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.