Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CAF001147
PLATFORM ELLEN, Pacific Ocean, CA: NPDES CAF001147 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PLATFORM ELLEN, held by BETA OFFSHORE PLATFORM ELLEN - CAG280000, holds NPDES permit CAF001147, 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 (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | PLATFORM ELLEN |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BETA OFFSHORE PLATFORM ELLEN - CAG280000 |
| NPDES ID | CAF001147 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 15, 2004 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2009 |
| Address | Pacific Ocean, CA 90802 |
| Receiving water | Pacific Ocean |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 4 | 4 | January 31, 2023 | 358% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Mysid. Bahia | 3 | 4 | 2 | October 31, 2014 | 100% over the limit |
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 17 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Free Oil Visual Sheen | 12 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine addition rate | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Well fluids, oil & grease | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Drilling fluids, volume | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Drill cuttings, free oil | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Drilling cuttings, volume | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Well fluids, volume | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sanitary waste, residual chlorine | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sanitary and Domestic Foam or Floating Solids | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate, deck drainage | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate, domestic | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Drilling fluids, free oil | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Produced water, flow | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Well fluids, free oil | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sanitary waste, flow | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Diesel Oil Content | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil based fluids, non-aqueous based drilling fluids and cuttings | 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 CAF001147.
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.