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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WAR313885

FAIRHAVEN INDUSTRIAL MARINE FACILITY, Bellingham, WA: NPDES WAR313885 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FAIRHAVEN INDUSTRIAL MARINE FACILITY, held by Fairhaven Industrial Marine Repair Facility, holds NPDES permit WAR313885. 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 filedFAIRHAVEN INDUSTRIAL MARINE FACILITY
Permittee as filedFairhaven Industrial Marine Repair Facility
NPDES IDWAR313885
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
IssuedNovember 20, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2024
Issuing agencyState
AddressBellingham, WA 98225

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
Copper, total [as Cu]5182December 31, 20243,929% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]5182December 31, 20241,020% over the limit
Solids, total suspended532December 31, 2024530% over the limit
Turbidity5171December 31, 2024
Lead, total [as Pb]5171December 31, 202443% over the limit
Oil and grease visual5171December 31, 20242,147,483,650% over the limit
pH10320
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel5310
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel and Waste Oil0300
Arsenic, total [as As]5160
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs]5160
Phenol0150
4-Methylphenol0150
4-Methylphenol510

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 WAR313885.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.