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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0048160

GOLETA SD WRRF, Goleta, CA: NPDES CA0048160 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GOLETA SD WRRF, held by GOLETA SANITARY DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit CA0048160, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued May 13, 2010 and expiring September 1, 2015. 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 filedGOLETA SD WRRF
Permittee as filedGOLETA SANITARY DISTRICT
NPDES IDCA0048160
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
IssuedMay 13, 2010
Expiration dateSeptember 1, 2015
AddressGoleta, CA 93117
Receiving waterPACIFIC OCEAN
SubwatershedSan Pedro Creek (HUC 180600130202)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – 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

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 131 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, total general299March 31, 202499,999% over the limit
Acrylonitrile2138December 31, 1999713% over the limit
3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine2138December 31, 19994,920% over the limit
Benzidine2138December 31, 199989,182% over the limit
Aldrin2138December 31, 199922,040% over the limit
Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites]2138December 31, 199970,571% over the limit
DDT/DDD/DDE, sum of p,p' & o,p' isomers2138December 31, 19993,728% over the limit
Toxaphene2138December 31, 199994,445% over the limit
Hexachlorobenzene2138December 31, 199966,916% over the limit
Enterococci288July 31, 202699,999% over the limit
Dieldrin2127December 31, 19998,030% over the limit
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]297December 31, 199985,370% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual5216December 31, 20231,227% over the limit
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs]2116December 31, 19982,678% over the limit
Solids, total suspended6185February 29, 202439% over the limit
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether2105December 31, 1999442% over the limit
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine294December 31, 1999154% over the limit
Endrin492December 31, 199663% over the limit
TCDD equivalents282December 31, 1996129% over the limit
Heptachlor272December 31, 1996577% over the limit
Hexachlorocyclohexane, total481December 31, 199622% over the limit
Dibromochloromethane261December 31, 20151,915% over the limit
Chloroform261December 31, 2015196% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable451July 31, 200692% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]011January 31, 199799,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C6160
Oil and grease7130
Selenium, total recoverable480
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]480
Nickel, total recoverable480
Endosulfan, total470
Phenols, chlorinated470
Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated470
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]270
Cyanide, total recoverable360
Rainfall260
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]450
Radioactivity250
Thallium, total recoverable250
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]250
Antimony, total recoverable250
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol250
Tributyltin250
Dichlorobromomethane250
Carbon tetrachloride250
1,2-Dichloroethane250
Toluene250
Benzene250
Acenaphthene250
Acrolein250
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane250
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether250
Butyl benzyl phthalate250
Chlorobenzene250
Diethyl phthalate250
Dimethyl phthalate250
Endrin aldehyde250
Ethylbenzene250
Fluoranthene250
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene250

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 CA0048160.

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 CA0048160 for the GOLETA SD WRRF in Goleta, CA, held by GOLETA SANITARY DISTRICT, whose status is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 125 pollutants under a numeric limit and 25 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.