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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CAF001306

PLATFORM HERMOSA, Pacific Ocean, CA: NPDES CAF001306 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PLATFORM HERMOSA, held by Freeport-McMoRan oil & Gas HERMOSA - CAG280000, holds NPDES permit CAF001306, 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 HERMOSA
Permittee as filedFreeport-McMoRan oil & Gas HERMOSA - CAG280000
NPDES IDCAF001306
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/days17340
Free Oil Visual Sheen12220
Flow8190
Chlorine, total residual080
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Mysid. Bahia360
Oil and grease, hexane extr method240
Well fluids, oil & grease240
Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated]240
Drilling fluids, volume240
Drill cuttings, free oil240
Drilling cuttings, volume240
Produced water, flow240
Well fluids, volume240
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine240
Number of Events120
Flow rate, deck drainage120
Flow rate, domestic120
Oil based fluids, non-aqueous based drilling fluids and cuttings120
Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight120
Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight120
Drilling fluids, free oil120
Well fluids, free oil120
Sanitary waste, flow120
Sanitary waste, solids120
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids120
Chlorine addition rate500
Copper, total recoverable200
Benzene200
Benzo[b]fluoranthene200
Benzo[k]fluoranthene200
Benzo[a]pyrene200
Chrysene200
Benzo[a]anthracene200
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES CAF001306.

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 CAF001306.

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.

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