Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0001350
ENCINA POWER STATION, Carlsbad, CA: NPDES CA0001350 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ENCINA POWER STATION, held by CABRILLO POWER LLC, holds NPDES permit CA0001350, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued August 16, 2006 and expiring October 1, 2011. 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 filed | ENCINA POWER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CABRILLO POWER LLC |
| NPDES ID | CA0001350 |
| 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 | August 16, 2006 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2011 |
| Address | Carlsbad, CA 92008 |
| Receiving water | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| Subwatershed | Loma Alta Creek-Frontal Gulf of Santa Catalina (HUC 180703030504) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler CAT000618900; ICIS-AIR source CASDS0000607300033 |
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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TU Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2016 | 102% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 7 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2011 | 316% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 5 | 1 | December 31, 2004 | 21% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chronic Mthd Larval Development Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Stat72hr S purpuratus | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chronic Mthd Larval Development Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Stat72hr D excentricus | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Endrin | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenols, chlorinated | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclohexane, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated | 1 | 0 | 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 CA0001350.
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 October 14, 2026.