Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AS0000027
SAMOA TUNA PROCESSORS FACILITY, Pago Pago, AS: NPDES AS0000027 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SAMOA TUNA PROCESSORS FACILITY, held by SAMOA TUNA PROCESSORS INC., holds NPDES permit AS0000027, which discharges to Pago Pago Harbor. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2008 and expiring March 31, 2013. 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 | SAMOA TUNA PROCESSORS FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SAMOA TUNA PROCESSORS INC. |
| NPDES ID | AS0000027 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 28, 2008 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2013 |
| Address | Pago Pago, AS 96799 |
| Receiving water | PAGO PAGO HARBOR |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 69 | 9 | July 31, 2016 | 46% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 8 | 88 | 8 | May 31, 2022 | 203% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 2 | 68 | 8 | October 31, 2016 | 80% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 67 | 7 | June 30, 2022 | |
| Ammonia [as N] + unionized ammonia | 4 | 71 | 5 | October 31, 2016 | 109% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 63 | 5 | September 30, 2016 | 18% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 8 | 82 | 2 | June 30, 2006 | 958% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 59 | 1 | April 30, 2019 | 0% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 59 | 1 | September 30, 2016 | 2% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 68 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 8 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static 20Min Chronic Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 20 Minute Fertilization Chronic Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 96Hr Acute Mysidopsis Bahia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static 20Min Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 20 Minute Fertilization Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 0 | 2 | 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 AS0000027.
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.