Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0000370

SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION, Los Angeles, CA: NPDES CA0000370 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
146Pollutants under a numeric limit
13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION, held by LOS ANGELES, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit CA0000370, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued June 29, 2000 and expiring May 10, 2005. 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	SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION
Permittee as filed	LOS ANGELES, CITY OF
NPDES ID	CA0000370
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 29, 2000
Expiration date	May 10, 2005
Address	Los Angeles, CA 90293
Receiving water	PACIFIC OCEAN
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler CAD000633008; ICIS-AIR source CASCA0000603700039

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

169Pollutants on file
146Under a numeric limit
165With a violation of any kind
13With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 169 are shown.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	3	29	8	December 31, 2023	20% over the limit
Suspended solids	2	8	4	September 30, 2015	59% over the limit
Arsenic, total recoverable	5	25	3	December 31, 2015	2,147,483,650% over the limit
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]	3	33	2	December 31, 2016	332% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable	5	29	2	December 31, 2015	2,147,483,650% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable	5	28	2	December 31, 2015	2,147,483,650% over the limit
Nickel, total recoverable	5	27	2	December 31, 2015	2,147,483,650% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable	5	27	2	December 31, 2015	2,147,483,650% over the limit
Selenium, total recoverable	5	25	2	December 31, 2015	2,147,483,650% over the limit
Antimony, total recoverable	4	21	2	December 31, 2015	2,147,483,650% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	6	2	September 30, 2013	20% over the limit
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	5	1	January 31, 2005	100% over the limit
%Effect Static 20Min Chronic Strongylocentrotus purpuratus	0	1	1	June 30, 2024	18% over the limit
Oil and grease	5	27	0
Mercury, total recoverable	5	26	0
Solids, total suspended	3	25	0
Silver total recoverable	5	24	0
Zinc, total recoverable	3	22	0
pH	5	20	0
Thallium, total recoverable	4	17	0
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]	4	17	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	3	15	0
Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable	2	14	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	6	12	0
Dibromochloromethane	3	12	0
Chloroform	3	12	0
Benzene	3	12	0
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol	3	11	0
Dichlorobromomethane	3	11	0
Carbon tetrachloride	3	11	0
1,2-Dichloroethane	3	11	0
Toluene	3	11	0
Acrolein	3	11	0
Acrylonitrile	3	11	0
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether	3	11	0
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane	3	11	0
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether	3	11	0
Chlorobenzene	3	11	0
Diethyl phthalate	3	11	0
Dimethyl phthalate	3	11	0
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine	3	11	0
Ethylbenzene	3	11	0
Fluoranthene	3	11	0
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	3	11	0
Hexachlorobutadiene	3	11	0
Hexachloroethane	3	11	0
Isophorone	3	11	0
Methylene chloride	3	11	0
N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine	3	11	0
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine	3	11	0
N-Nitrosodimethylamine [NDMA]	3	11	0
Nitrobenzene	3	11	0
Tetrachloroethylene	3	11	0
1,1-Dichloroethylene	3	11	0
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	3	11	0
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	3	11	0
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	3	11	0
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	3	11	0
2,4-Dinitrotoluene	3	11	0
2,4-Dinitrophenol	3	11	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 CA0000370.

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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit CA0000370, held by LOS ANGELES, CITY OF for SCATTERGOOD GENERATING STATION in Los Angeles, CA, which discharges to the PACIFIC OCEAN. The permit is listed as administratively continued and as a major discharger, with 146 in the discharger class and 13 pollutants under a numeric limit, of which 13 had an effluent exceedance.