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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR311717

AUBURN STATION PARKING AND ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS, Auburn, WA: NPDES WAR311717 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AUBURN STATION PARKING AND ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS, held by Absher Construction Company, holds NPDES permit WAR311717. EPA’s file records it issued November 18, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 filedAUBURN STATION PARKING AND ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS
Permittee as filedAbsher Construction Company
NPDES IDWAR311717
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
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedNovember 18, 2020
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2025
Issuing agencyState
AddressAuburn, WA 98001
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMill Creek-Green River (HUC 171100130304)

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
Turbidity132January 31, 2026
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Gasoline1310
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel1300
Naphthalene140
pH220
Transparency120
Cadmium, total [as Cd]110
Chromium, total [as Cr]110
Lead, total [as Pb]110
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination100
Acenaphthylene100
Anthracene100
Benzo[b]fluoranthene100
Benzo[k]fluoranthene100
Benzo[a]pyrene100
Chrysene100
Fluoranthene100
Fluorene100
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene100
Phenanthrene100
Pyrene100
Benzo[ghi]perylene100
Benzo[a]anthracene100
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene100
2-Methylnaphthalene100
1-Methylnaphthalene100
Benzo[j]fluoranthene100
Acetone100

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 WAR311717.

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.