Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NJG225720

FORMER HESS PORT READING COMPLEX, Woodbridge Twp, NJ: NPDES NJG225720 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FORMER HESS PORT READING COMPLEX, held by HESS CORP, holds NPDES permit NJG225720. EPA’s file records it issued December 28, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023.

FORMER HESS PORT READING COMPLEX, Woodbridge Twp, New Jersey: Coverage under a general permit NJG225720, held by HESS CORP; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 28, 2018, term to December 31, 2023; Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals.

Nickel, total recoverable: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2017, largest 246% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2024.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest January 31, 2024, largest 135% over the limit.
tert-Butyl alcohol [TBA]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Hydrocarbons, in H2O, IR, CC14 extractible chromatograph: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, total [as CN]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total recoverable: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chloroform: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Benzene: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Naphthalene: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia): 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

March 11, 2026: Evaluation (S).

Other permits held by HESS CORP

HESS CORPORATION - FORMER PORT READING REFINE, Woodbridge Twp: NJ0313106, issued July 28, 2021
HESS CORP (EDGEWATER TERMINAL), Edgewater Boro: NJG231533, issued March 1, 2017
FORMER HESS DELANCY TERMINAL - 5G3, Newark City: NJG344575, issued April 21, 2023
HESS PORT READING SOUTH LANDFARM TEMP IRM, Woodbridge Twp: NJG363855, issued November 4, 2024
HESS MUTTON HOLLOW ROAD - 5G3, Woodbridge Twp: NJG380229, issued February 13, 2026

FORMER HESS PORT READING COMPLEX among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 140 discharge permits in the Woodbridge Creek-Arthur Kill subwatershed (HUC 020301040201), NJG225720 among them. Its county holds 1,126, 2 of them major permits; NJG225720 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Woodbridge Creek-Arthur Kill subwatershed (HUC 020301040201)

1 NASSAU PLACE DEVELOPMENT, New York City: NYR11L941, minor permit, discharging to MILL CREEK (TRIB TO ARTHUR KILL AND MINOR TRIBS), permit term to January 28, 2030
1250 STATE STREET HOLDINGS LLC, Cranford Twp: NJG351083, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2027
1550 WEST SERVICE ROAD CORP, Staten Island (Subdivision): NY0201367, minor permit, discharging to FRESH KILLS, permit term to January 31, 2022
2024 ATHLETIC COURT IMPROVEMENTS, Woodbridge Twp: NJG376108, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2027
21 WASHINGTON REDEVELOPMENT, Carteret Boro: NJG300551, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2022
4285-4305 ARTHUR KILL ROAD, Staten Island: NYR11K736, minor permit, discharging to ARTHUR KILL, permit term to January 28, 2030
4995 ARTHUR KILL ROAD, Staten Island: NYR11Q723, minor permit, discharging to ARTHUR KILL, permit term to January 28, 2030
500 GREEN STREET ASSOCIATES LLC, Woodbridge Twp: NJG033286, minor permit, permit term to January 31, 2023
6 RESERVOIR RIDGE CT, Brewster: NYR11P108, minor permit, discharging to EAST BRANCH RESERVOIR - 1302-0040, permit term to January 28, 2030
700 FEDERAL BOULEVARD, Carteret Boro: NJG291293, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2022

Identity

Facility as filed	FORMER HESS PORT READING COMPLEX
Permittee as filed	HESS CORP
NPDES ID	NJG225720
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	December 28, 2018
Expiration date	December 31, 2023
Address	Woodbridge Twp, NJ 07064
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Woodbridge Creek-Arthur Kill (HUC 020301040201)
NAICS	424710 – Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals

Effluent limits and exceedances

16Pollutants on file
16Under a numeric limit
3With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Nickel, total recoverable	2	2	2	February 28, 2017	246% over the limit
pH	2	1	1	December 31, 2024
Solids, total suspended	2	1	1	January 31, 2024	135% over the limit
tert-Butyl alcohol [TBA]	3	0	0
Hydrocarbons, in H2O, IR, CC14 extractible chromatograph	2	0	0
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]	2	0	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	2	0	0
Iron, total recoverable	2	0	0
Zinc, total recoverable	2	0	0
Lead, total recoverable	2	0	0
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]	2	0	0
Chloroform	2	0	0
Benzene	2	0	0
Naphthalene	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NJG225720.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 11, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES NJG225720.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NJG225720 for the former Hess Port Reading Complex in Woodbridge Twp, NJ, held by Hess Corp, which EPA's file shows as administratively continued with a minor discharger class. The page lists 16 as the discharger class and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, with 3 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.