Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0107981
HALE AVENUE RRF, Escondido, CA: NPDES CA0107981 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 96Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HALE AVENUE RRF, held by Escondido, City of, holds NPDES permit CA0107981, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued September 8, 2010 and expiring October 27, 2015. 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 | HALE AVENUE RRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Escondido, City of |
| NPDES ID | CA0107981 |
| 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 | September 8, 2010 |
| Expiration date | October 27, 2015 |
| Address | Escondido, CA 92029 |
| Receiving water | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler CAC003000407 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 107Pollutants on file
- 96Under a numeric limit
- 107With 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 107 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TU LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 17 | 16 | May 31, 2005 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 33 | 10 | April 30, 2023 | 72% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 19 | 10 | August 31, 2023 | 3,400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 30 | 8 | April 30, 2023 | 95% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 2 | August 31, 2024 | 635% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 1 | June 30, 2004 | 5% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 1 | April 30, 2023 | 17% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 5 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Atherinops affinis | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 20Min Chronic Strongyl. purpuratus | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Radioactivity | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static 48Hr Chronic Haliotis rufescens | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static 20Min Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Chronic Haliotis rufescens | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 20 Minute Fertilization Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tributyltin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 1 | 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 CA0107981.
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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