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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0109215

PALOMAR ENERGY CENTER, Escondido, CA: NPDES CA0109215 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PALOMAR ENERGY CENTER, held by San Diego Gas and Electric, holds NPDES permit CA0109215, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued September 12, 2012 and expiring October 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 filedPALOMAR ENERGY CENTER
Permittee as filedSan Diego Gas and Electric
NPDES IDCA0109215
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 12, 2012
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2017
AddressEscondido, CA 92029
Receiving waterPacific Ocean
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler CAR000172445; ICIS-AIR source CASDS0000607308013

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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 165 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Chlorine, total residual5216June 30, 20262,669% over the limit
Solids, total suspended5285January 31, 202567% over the limit
pH4193June 30, 2013
Chlorine, free available2173July 31, 20256,509% over the limit
Nickel, total recoverable2322December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable2272December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable2272December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Arsenic, total recoverable2222December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]2172December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Di-n-butyl phthalate2122December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Selenium, total recoverable272December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Antimony, total recoverable262December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Dichlorobromomethane262December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Dibromochloromethane262December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]242December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Bromoform222December 31, 20172,147,483,650% over the limit
Oil and grease4451February 28, 20158% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4191December 31, 202341% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable4410
Chromium, total recoverable4300
Endosulfan, total5100
Hexachlorocyclohexane, total5100
Mercury, total recoverable2100
TCDD equivalents2100
Chloroform280
Dimethyl phthalate260
Isophorone260
Phenols, chlorinated550
Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated550
Silver total recoverable250
Cadmium, total recoverable250
Endrin250
Thallium, total recoverable240
Methylene chloride240
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol240
Trichloroethylene240
Heptachlor epoxide240
Dichlorobenzene240
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]220
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol220
Tributyltin220
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs]220
Carbon tetrachloride220
1,2-Dichloroethane220
Toluene220
Benzene220
Acrolein220
Acrylonitrile220
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether220
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane220
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether220
Chlorobenzene220
Diethyl phthalate220
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine220
Ethylbenzene220
Fluoranthene220
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene220
Hexachlorobutadiene220
Hexachloroethane220
N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine220

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 CA0109215.

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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