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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0107417

SAN JUAN CREEK OCEAN OUTFALL, Dana Point, CA: NPDES CA0107417 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SAN JUAN CREEK OCEAN OUTFALL, held by South Orange County Wastewater Authority, holds NPDES permit CA0107417, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued April 11, 2012 and expiring May 31, 2017. 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 filedSAN JUAN CREEK OCEAN OUTFALL
Permittee as filedSouth Orange County Wastewater Authority
NPDES IDCA0107417
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
IssuedApril 11, 2012
Expiration dateMay 31, 2017
AddressDana Point, CA 92629
Receiving waterPacific Ocean
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 112 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, settleable229563June 30, 2026940% over the limit
Turbidity226234October 31, 2008
Solids, total suspended406524November 30, 2023747% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]323516February 28, 202599,999% over the limit
TCDD equivalents21010June 30, 20192,147,483,650% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal4106January 31, 20201,781% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]044June 30, 200115% over the limit
Oil and grease371513August 31, 2025128% over the limit
TU Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera233March 31, 201198% over the limit
Acrylonitrile232December 31, 200182% over the limit
Tributyltin222December 31, 2001549% over the limit
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether222December 31, 2001102% over the limit
3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine222December 31, 20011,022% over the limit
Benzidine222December 31, 200178,889% over the limit
Aldrin222December 31, 20014,859% over the limit
Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites]222December 31, 20011,876% over the limit
Dieldrin222December 31, 2001127% over the limit
Toxaphene222December 31, 20012,065% over the limit
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]222December 31, 200123,823% over the limit
Hexachlorobenzene222December 31, 200143,190% over the limit
Beryllium, total [as Be]022December 31, 200238% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual5231January 31, 2007581% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal451February 28, 201929% over the limit
TU LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas021June 30, 200629% over the limit
DDT/DDD/DDE, sum of p,p' & o,p' isomers211December 31, 200160% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant24190
Solids, total dissolved0180
pH16140
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C16130
Specific conductance4120
Salinity0100
Radioactivity130
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]130
Cyanide, total [as CN]520
Arsenic, total recoverable520
Selenium, total recoverable520
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]520
Nickel, total recoverable520
Silver total recoverable520
Zinc, total recoverable520
Cadmium, total recoverable520
Lead, total recoverable520
Copper, total recoverable520
Endosulfan, total520
Endrin520
Mercury, total recoverable520
Phenols, chlorinated520
Hexachlorocyclohexane, total520
Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated520
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)220
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Menidia beryllina220
Toxic Units Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Atherinops affinis220
TU Static 20Min Chronic Strongyl. purpuratus220
Static 20Min Chronic Dendraster excentricus220
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]510
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]210
Antimony, total recoverable210
Dichlorobromomethane210
Dibromochloromethane210
N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine210

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 CA0107417.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

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