Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0047899
MONTECITO SD WWTP, Santa Barbara, CA: NPDES CA0047899 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 98Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MONTECITO SD WWTP, held by Montecito Sanitary District, holds NPDES permit CA0047899, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued December 6, 2012 and expiring January 25, 2018. 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 | MONTECITO SD WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Montecito Sanitary District |
| NPDES ID | CA0047899 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 6, 2012 |
| Expiration date | January 25, 2018 |
| Address | Santa Barbara, CA 93108 |
| Receiving water | Pacific Ocean |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 108Pollutants on file
- 98Under a numeric limit
- 107With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 108 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 26 | 8 | June 30, 2024 | 1,956% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 2 | 8 | 5 | April 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 25 | 3 | January 31, 2023 | 60% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 5 | 19 | 1 | July 31, 2004 | 60% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 7 | 1 | February 29, 2024 | 133% over the limit |
| TU Static 20Min Chronic Strongyl. purpuratus | 2 | 6 | 1 | December 31, 2012 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Tributyltin | 2 | 4 | 1 | December 31, 2024 | 72% over the limit |
| TCDD equivalents | 2 | 4 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Menidia beryllina | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phenols, chlorinated | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan, total | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Endrin | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclohexane, total | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine usage | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Isophorone | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodiphenylamine | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodimethylamine [NDMA] | 2 | 3 | 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 CA0047899.
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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