Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0108944
HALE AVENUE RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, Escondido, CA: NPDES CA0108944 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 188Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HALE AVENUE RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY, held by ESCONDIDO, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit CA0108944, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued December 10, 2003 and expiring December 10, 2008. 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 RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ESCONDIDO, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | CA0108944 |
| 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 | December 10, 2003 |
| Expiration date | December 10, 2008 |
| Address | Escondido, CA 92029 |
| Receiving water | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Escondido Creek (HUC 180703030402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 200Pollutants on file
- 188Under a numeric limit
- 64With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 200 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbidity | 2 | 4 | 2 | February 28, 2005 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2005 | 223% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2005 | 270% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-BHC | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, total general | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodimethylamine [NDMA] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia, unionized | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Trihalomethane, tot. | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 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 | ||
| Vanadium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Radiation, gross beta | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Uranium, total [in pci/L] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as NO3] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Color [PT-CO units] | 0 | 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 CA0108944.
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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