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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CAF001153

PLATFORM IRENE, Pacific Ocean, CA: NPDES CAF001153 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PLATFORM IRENE, held by Freeport-McMoRan oil & Gas IRENE - CAG280000, holds NPDES permit CAF001153, 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 filedPLATFORM IRENE
Permittee as filedFreeport-McMoRan oil & Gas IRENE - CAG280000
NPDES IDCAF001153
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
AddressPacific Ocean, CA 93455
Receiving waterPacific Ocean

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Floating solids or visible foam-visual/days17270
Free Oil Visual Sheen12210
Flow8140
Chlorine, total residual0100
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine240
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Mysid. Bahia330
Oil and grease, hexane extr method220
Well fluids, oil & grease220
Drilling fluids, volume220
Drill cuttings, free oil220
Drilling cuttings, volume220
Produced water, flow220
Well fluids, volume220
Sanitary waste, flow120
Sanitary waste, solids120
Number of Events110
Flow rate, deck drainage110
Flow rate, domestic110
Oil based fluids, non-aqueous based drilling fluids and cuttings110
Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight110
Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight110
Drilling fluids, free oil110
Well fluids, free oil110
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids110
Chlorine addition rate300

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES CAF001153.

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 CAF001153.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES CAF001153 for PLATFORM IRENE, held by Freeport-McMoRan oil & Gas IRENE - CAG280000 and discharging to the Pacific Ocean. The permit is administratively continued, as EPA's file stood when the page was loaded on September 15, 2026, and the file lists 25 pollutants, 24 under a numeric limit, with 0 showing an effluent exceedance.