Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0000591
BACARDI CORPORATION, Catano, PR: NPDES PR0000591 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 32Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BACARDI CORPORATION, held by BACARDI CORP, holds NPDES permit PR0000591, which discharges to Atlantic Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2011 and expiring November 30, 2016. 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 | BACARDI CORPORATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BACARDI CORP |
| NPDES ID | PR0000591 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 27, 2011 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2016 |
| Address | Catano, PR 00632 |
| Receiving water | Atlantic Ocean |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler PRD987381092; ICIS-AIR source PR0000007203300008 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 39Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 39With a violation of any kind
- 32With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 133 | 88 | August 31, 2011 | 138% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 108 | 77 | November 30, 2017 | 1,036,226% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 380 | 68 | April 30, 2020 | 42,543% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 111 | 65 | December 31, 2021 | 246% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 68 | 50 | July 31, 2011 | 159,900% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 318 | 49 | May 31, 2008 | 25,178% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 69 | 45 | June 30, 2008 | 76,452% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 2 | 47 | 44 | November 30, 2020 | 16,594,510% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 1 | 56 | 39 | June 30, 2008 | 2,629,900% over the limit |
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 56 | 39 | May 31, 2021 | 3,220% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 55 | 38 | July 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 1 | 54 | 38 | September 30, 2025 | 535% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 70 | 37 | September 30, 2013 | 840% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 52 | 36 | June 30, 2008 | 1,329% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 40 | 36 | May 31, 2008 | 1,662% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 51 | 35 | October 31, 2011 | 3,404% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 36 | 27 | August 31, 2006 | 1,147% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 46 | 26 | June 30, 2008 | 220% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 148 | 22 | July 31, 2011 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 76 | 20 | June 30, 2008 | 95,720,360% over the limit |
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 19 | 15 | June 30, 2008 | 1,520% over the limit |
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 1 | 32 | 11 | December 31, 2011 | 500% over the limit |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 0 | 38 | 10 | December 31, 2003 | 60% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, inorganic total | 0 | 67 | 8 | April 30, 2008 | 243% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 70 | 7 | December 31, 2020 | |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 41 | 6 | December 31, 2003 | 753% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Total as NO3 + NH3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | October 31, 2009 | 59% over the limit |
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 23 | 2 | February 28, 2006 | 923% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 53 | 1 | August 31, 2002 | 220% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 1 | 22 | 1 | October 31, 2019 | |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 13 | 1 | July 31, 2000 | 17,900% over the limit |
| Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated] | 0 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2023 | 244% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 0 | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2020 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | EP6 |
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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