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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CAF000003

PLATFORM HOGAN, Carpinteria, CA: NPDES CAF000003 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PLATFORM HOGAN, held by PACIFIC OPERATORS PLATFORM HOGAN - CAG280000, holds NPDES permit CAF000003, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued September 15, 2004 and expiring November 30, 2009. 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 filedPLATFORM HOGAN
Permittee as filedPACIFIC OPERATORS PLATFORM HOGAN - CAG280000
NPDES IDCAF000003
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 15, 2004
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2009
AddressCarpinteria, CA 93013
Receiving waterPACIFIC OCEAN
SIC1311 – Crude Petroleum And Natural Gas

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Oil and grease, hexane extr method271July 31, 201826% over the limit
Floating solids or visible foam-visual/days17510
Free Oil Visual Sheen12360
Flow8240
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Mysid. Bahia390
Well fluids, oil & grease260
Benzene260
Drilling fluids, volume260
Drill cuttings, free oil260
Drilling cuttings, volume260
Produced water, flow260
Well fluids, volume260
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine260
Number of Events130
Flow rate, deck drainage130
Flow rate, domestic130
Oil based fluids, non-aqueous based drilling fluids and cuttings130
Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight130
Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight130
Drilling fluids, free oil130
Well fluids, free oil130
Sanitary waste, flow130
Sanitary waste, solids130
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids130
Chlorine, total residual030
Copper, total recoverable200
Benzo[b]fluoranthene200
Benzo[k]fluoranthene200
Benzo[a]pyrene200
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene200
Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable200
Chlorine addition rate100

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 CAF000003.

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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