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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0001198

ORMOND BEACH GENERATING STATION, Oxnard, CA: NPDES CA0001198 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ORMOND BEACH GENERATING STATION, held by NRG California South LP, holds NPDES permit CA0001198, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued September 10, 2015 and expiring October 31, 2020. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedORMOND BEACH GENERATING STATION
Permittee as filedNRG California South LP
NPDES IDCA0001198
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 10, 2015
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2020
AddressOxnard, CA 93033
Receiving waterPacific Ocean
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler CAR000039750; ICIS-AIR source CAVCA0000611100065

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 172 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Oil and grease241511August 31, 2025233% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2495August 31, 2025294% over the limit
Chlorine, free available491September 30, 200410% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual871September 30, 200455% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general231December 31, 202598% over the limit
Chronic Mthd Fertilization Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Static40min S purpuratus011December 31, 202164% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit6170
Zinc, total recoverable8160
Cadmium, total recoverable8110
Silver total recoverable26100
Arsenic, total recoverable8100
Lead, total recoverable8100
Mercury, total recoverable2690
Cyanide, total [as CN]890
Copper, total recoverable890
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol890
Carbon tetrachloride890
1,2-Dichloroethane890
Chloroform890
Toluene890
Benzene890
Acrolein890
Acrylonitrile890
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether890
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane890
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether890
Chlorobenzene890
Dimethyl phthalate890
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine890
Ethylbenzene890
Fluoranthene890
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene890
Hexachlorobutadiene890
Hexachloroethane890
Isophorone890
Methylene chloride890
N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine890
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine890
N-Nitrosodimethylamine [NDMA]890
Nitrobenzene890
Tetrachloroethylene890
1,1-Dichloroethylene890
1,1,1-Trichloroethane890
1,1,2-Trichloroethane890
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane890
1,4-Dichlorobenzene890
2,4-Dinitrotoluene890
2,4-Dinitrophenol890
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol890
3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine890
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]890
Di-n-butyl phthalate890
Benzidine890
Vinyl chloride890
Trichloroethylene890
Aldrin890
Dieldrin890
Endrin890
Toxaphene890
Heptachlor890

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 CA0001198.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES CA0001198 for ORMOND BEACH GENERATING STATION in Oxnard, CA, which is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with an issue date of September 10, 2015 and an expiration date of October 31, 2020.