Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR305536
BELLINGHAM SHIPPING TERMINAL POB, Bellingham, WA: NPDES WAR305536 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BELLINGHAM SHIPPING TERMINAL POB, held by Port of Bellingham, holds NPDES permit WAR305536. 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 | BELLINGHAM SHIPPING TERMINAL POB |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Port of Bellingham |
| NPDES ID | WAR305536 |
| 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 | Bellingham, WA 98225 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Chuckanot Creek-Frontal Bellingham Bay (HUC 171100040604) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 7 | 129 | 36 | September 30, 2024 | 1,757% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 7 | 119 | 26 | September 30, 2024 | 3,088% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 7 | 113 | 20 | September 30, 2024 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 14 | 14 | September 30, 2024 | 1,747% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 7 | 69 | 4 | March 31, 2024 | 689% over the limit |
| pH | 14 | 186 | 0 | ||
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel | 7 | 94 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 7 | 93 | 0 | ||
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel and Waste Oil | 0 | 3 | 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 WAR305536.
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.