Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0107999
SAN ELIJO WRF, Cardiff By The Sea, CA: NPDES CA0107999 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 96Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SAN ELIJO WRF, held by San Elijo Joint Powers Authority, holds NPDES permit CA0107999, 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 | SAN ELIJO WRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | San Elijo Joint Powers Authority |
| NPDES ID | CA0107999 |
| 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 | Cardiff By The Sea, CA 92007 |
| Receiving water | PACIFIC OCEAN |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 106Pollutants on file
- 96Under a numeric limit
- 38With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 106 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 10 | 7 | January 31, 2017 | 1,233% over the limit |
| TU LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2005 | 73% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 5 | 3 | January 31, 2017 | 1,287% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2007 | |
| TCDD equivalents | 1 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2006 | 48,932% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 146 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Atherinops affinis | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 20Min Chronic Strongyl. purpuratus | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Static 48Hr Chronic Mytilis Species | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Chronic Haliotis rufescens | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Atherinops affinis | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 20 Minute Fertilization Chronic Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 20 Minute Fertilization Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Radioactivity | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [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 | ||
| Endosulfan, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Endrin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenols, chlorinated | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclohexane, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static 48Hr Chronic Haliotis rufescens | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Atherinops affinis | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static 20Min Chronic Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static 20Min Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tributyltin | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 1 | 0 | 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 CA0107999.
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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