Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0057827
INGLEWOOD OIL FIELD, Inglewood, CA: NPDES CA0057827 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 167Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 18Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
INGLEWOOD OIL FIELD, held by Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC, holds NPDES permit CA0057827, which discharges to Ballona Creek (Reach 2), Centinela Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 7, 2013 and expiring January 10, 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 | INGLEWOOD OIL FIELD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC |
| NPDES ID | CA0057827 |
| 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 |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | February 7, 2013 |
| Expiration date | January 10, 2018 |
| Address | Inglewood, CA 90056 |
| Receiving water | Ballona Creek (Reach 2), Centinela Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Ballona Creek (HUC 180701040300) |
| SIC | 2911 – Petroleum Refining |
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
- 172Pollutants on file
- 167Under a numeric limit
- 167With a violation of any kind
- 18With 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 172 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 38 | 28 | 22 | April 30, 2020 | 2,699% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 30 | 27 | 13 | December 31, 2019 | 5,279% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 32 | 34 | 12 | December 31, 2022 | 82% over the limit |
| Hydrocarbons, total petroleum | 0 | 25 | 11 | February 28, 2026 | 925% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 11 | 10 | March 31, 2024 | |
| Turbidity | 12 | 9 | 9 | February 29, 2024 | |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 12 | 30 | 6 | February 28, 2026 | 9,900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 12 | 6 | February 29, 2024 | 111% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 36 | 10 | 6 | December 31, 2019 | 290% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 6 | 6 | December 31, 2023 | 2,354% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 12 | 9 | 4 | December 31, 2017 | 158% over the limit |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 6 | 4 | 4 | December 31, 2014 | 287% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 12 | 27 | 3 | February 28, 2026 | 18% over the limit |
| % Survival Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 12 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2017 | 24% over the limit |
| %Effect Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata | 0 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2021 | 10,340% over the limit |
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2023 | 16,656% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 12 | 19 | 2 | December 31, 2023 | 67% over the limit |
| Silver total recoverable | 12 | 7 | 2 | December 31, 2017 | 337% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 12 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Gasoline | 12 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Waste Oil | 12 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel | 12 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 12 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], sum of congeners | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites] | 12 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphn. Dubia % Srv | 12 | 4 | 0 | ||
| DDT/DDD/DDE, sum of p,p' & o,p' isomers | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata (formerly Selenastrum capricornutum) | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-Octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,4,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzofuran | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,4,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzofuran | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,4,7,8,9-Heptachlorodibenzofuran | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 6 | 1 | 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 CA0057827.
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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