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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0037681

OCEANSIDE WPCP, San Francisco, CA: NPDES CA0037681 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OCEANSIDE WPCP, held by SAN FRANCISCO, CITY & COUNTY, holds NPDES permit CA0037681, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued August 12, 2009 and expiring September 30, 2014. 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 filedOCEANSIDE WPCP
Permittee as filedSAN FRANCISCO, CITY & COUNTY
NPDES IDCA0037681
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 12, 2009
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2014
AddressSan Francisco, CA 94132
Receiving waterPACIFIC OCEAN
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLobos Creek-Frontal San Francisco Bay Estuaries (HUC 180500020905)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler CAL000115034

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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 132 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended65412May 31, 2024131% over the limit
pH6516October 31, 2007
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]0335January 31, 202599,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6204June 30, 201713% over the limit
Toxic Units Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Atherinops Affinis063May 31, 199855% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal142January 31, 2023520% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal121July 31, 2011527% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6430
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]0320
Oil and grease3160
Flow, total0140
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]3130
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4120
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]3120
TCDD equivalents2100
Chronic Mthd Larval Development Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Stat72hr S purpuratus0100
Chronic Mthd Larval Development Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Stat72hr D excentricus0100
Tributyltin290
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]380
Nickel, total recoverable380
Zinc, total recoverable380
Lead, total recoverable380
Copper, total recoverable380
Aldrin380
Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites]380
Endrin380
Toxaphene380
Heptachlor380
Heptachlor epoxide380
Mercury, total recoverable470
Cyanide, total [as CN]370
Arsenic, total recoverable370
Selenium, total recoverable370
Thallium, total recoverable370
Silver total recoverable370
Cadmium, total recoverable370
Antimony, total recoverable370
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs]370
Dieldrin370
1,1,2-Trichloroethane270
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol260
Dichlorobromomethane260
Carbon tetrachloride260
1,2-Dichloroethane260
Dibromochloromethane260
Chloroform260
Toluene260
Benzene260
Acrolein260
Acrylonitrile260
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether260
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane260
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether260
Chlorobenzene260
Diethyl phthalate260
Dimethyl phthalate260
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine260
Ethylbenzene260
Fluoranthene260
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene260

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 CA0037681.

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES CA0037681 for the OCEANSIDE WPCP, held by SAN FRANCISCO, CITY & COUNTY and discharging to the PACIFIC OCEAN, with the permit listed as administratively continued. The page lists 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit was issued August 12, 2009 with an expiration date of September 30, 2014.