Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA8000403

HUNTINGTON BEACH DESALINATION FACILITY, Huntington Beach, CA: NPDES CA8000403 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Name: HUNTINGTON BEACH DESALINATION FACILITY, NPDES CA8000403: Clean Water Act discharge permit record
Creator: Velarion Records
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Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
128Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

HUNTINGTON BEACH DESALINATION FACILITY, held by Poseidon Resources (Surfside) LLC, holds NPDES permit CA8000403, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued February 10, 2012 and expiring February 1, 2017. 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	HUNTINGTON BEACH DESALINATION FACILITY
Permittee as filed	Poseidon Resources (Surfside) LLC
NPDES ID	CA8000403
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 10, 2012
Expiration date	February 1, 2017
Address	Huntington Beach, CA 92646
Receiving water	Pacific Ocean
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Huntington Beach-Pacific Ocean (HUC 180702010002)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

160Pollutants on file
128Under a numeric limit
160With a violation of any kind
0With 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 160 are shown.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind
Chlorine, total residual	6	123
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	6	106
Oil and grease	6	87
pH	4	84
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	84
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	3	60
Salinity	2	42
Solids, total suspended	2	42
TU Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera	2	24
TU Static 48Hr Chronic Haliotis rufescens	2	24
Cyanide, total [as CN]	6	16
Arsenic, total recoverable	6	16
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]	6	16
Nickel, total recoverable	6	16
Silver total recoverable	6	16
Zinc, total recoverable	6	16
Cadmium, total recoverable	6	16
Lead, total recoverable	6	16
Copper, total recoverable	6	16
Mercury, total recoverable	6	16
Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated	6	16
Phenols, chlorinated	6	15
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Menidia beryllina	2	12
Toxic Units Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Atherinops affinis	2	12
Turbidity	0	9
Solids, settleable	0	9
Selenium, total recoverable	1	6
Thallium, total recoverable	1	6
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]	1	6
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]	1	6
Antimony, total recoverable	1	6
Dichlorobromomethane	1	6
Carbon tetrachloride	1	6
1,2-Dichloroethane	1	6
Dibromochloromethane	1	6
Chloroform	1	6
Toluene	1	6
Benzene	1	6
Acrolein	1	6
Acrylonitrile	1	6
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether	1	6
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane	1	6
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether	1	6
Chlorobenzene	1	6
Diethyl phthalate	1	6
Dimethyl phthalate	1	6
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine	1	6
Ethylbenzene	1	6
Fluoranthene	1	6
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	1	6
Hexachlorobutadiene	1	6
Hexachloroethane	1	6
Isophorone	1	6
Methylene chloride	1	6
N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine	1	6
N-Nitrosodiphenylamine	1	6
N-Nitrosodimethylamine [NDMA]	1	6
Nitrobenzene	1	6
Tetrachloroethylene	1	6
1,1-Dichloroethylene	1	6

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES CA8000403.

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 CA8000403.

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 September 15, 2026.

The Velarion Records page covers NPDES permit CA8000403 for the Huntington Beach Desalination Facility in Huntington Beach, CA, held by Poseidon Resources (Surfside) LLC and discharging to the Pacific Ocean. The permit is listed as administratively continued and a Major Discharger, with a class figure of 128, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The page notes the permit was issued February 10, 2012 and expired February 1, 2017, with the status shown as of September 15, 2026.