Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0061191
PEBBLY BEACH DESALINATION PLT, Avalon, CA: NPDES CA0061191 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 154Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PEBBLY BEACH DESALINATION PLT, held by Southern California Edison Company, holds NPDES permit CA0061191, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued October 6, 2011 and expiring September 10, 2016. 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 filed | PEBBLY BEACH DESALINATION PLT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Southern California Edison Company |
| NPDES ID | CA0061191 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 6, 2011 |
| Expiration date | September 10, 2016 |
| Address | Avalon, CA 90704 |
| Receiving water | Pacific Ocean |
| Subwatershed | Santa Catalina Island-Frontal San Pedro Channel (HUC 180701070002) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler CAC003052403; ICIS-AIR source CASCA0000603700567 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 158Pollutants on file
- 154Under a numeric limit
- 152With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 158 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 27 | 3 | March 31, 2018 | 361% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 24 | 3 | November 30, 2019 | 25,900% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 12 | 128 | 2 | February 28, 2018 | 50% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 12 | 135 | 1 | December 31, 2023 | 4,796% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 6 | 40 | 1 | July 31, 2017 | 2% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 6 | 21 | 1 | September 30, 2020 | 300% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 6 | 21 | 1 | February 29, 2020 | 52% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 3 | 78 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 3 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Tributyltin | 6 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 6 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 6 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 3 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Static 48Hr Chronic Mytilis Species | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Atherinops affinis | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodimethylamine [NDMA] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aldrin | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dieldrin | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Endrin | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Salinity | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature Increase Deg. F | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], sum of congeners | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 2 | 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 CA0061191.
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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