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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0000698

PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC PWR AUTH, San Juan, PR: NPDES PR0000698 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC PWR AUTH holds NPDES permit PR0000698, which discharges to Bahia San Juan. EPA’s file records it issued January 11, 2007 and expiring March 31, 2012. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedPUERTO RICO ELECTRIC PWR AUTH
Permittee as filedPUERTO RICO ELECTRIC PWR AUTH
NPDES IDPR0000698
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 11, 2007
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2012
AddressSan Juan, PR 00934
Receiving waterBAHIA SAN JUAN
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler PRD980644496; ICIS-AIR source PR0000007212700028

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Temperature, water deg. centigrade4421396December 31, 2025113% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]0439389March 31, 200713,700% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]2426357June 30, 20263,996% over the limit
Solids, total suspended9472296January 31, 20255,067% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant8479292August 31, 2018963% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]3260218June 30, 2026100% over the limit
pH16572215October 31, 2023
Zinc, total [as Zn]2230176May 31, 2025506,172,736% over the limit
Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit3178176August 31, 2018400% over the limit
Nickel, total [as Ni]3166162June 30, 20261,351% over the limit
Phenolics, total recoverable0199155October 31, 20063,410% over the limit
Oil & Grease14360136May 31, 200812,780% over the limit
Fluoride, total [as F]012598March 31, 2007371% over the limit
Cadmium, total [as Cd]012880September 30, 20051,860% over the limit
Silver, total [as Ag]012070June 30, 200423,950% over the limit
Turbidity211465February 28, 2022
Lead, total [as Pb]210755February 28, 20215,500% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general639838August 31, 201859,534% over the limit
Arsenic, total [as As]410333April 30, 2012826% over the limit
Boron, total [as B]05830December 31, 2005108% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]510124May 31, 20183,155% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]04819February 28, 19991,300% over the limit
Flow, Excluding Stormwater Discharge09616November 30, 2025663% over the limit
Manganese, total [as Mn]04515July 31, 1999510% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]2588February 29, 20161,895% over the limit
Selenium, total [as Se]1606July 31, 2016400% over the limit
Cyanide, free available086July 31, 2024160% over the limit
Chlorine, free available0603February 28, 1995200% over the limit
Barium, total [as Ba]0311February 29, 1992100% over the limit
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]0111June 30, 200060% over the limit
Solids, settleable31020
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]9910
2,4-Dinitrophenol6690
Phenol6680
Surfactants [MBAS]6680
Sulfate, total [as SO4]6670
Color [PT-CO units]3560
Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated]4500
Temperature, length of excursion0440
Chlorine, total residual0350
Enterococci0130
Priority Pollutants0110
Chromium, total [as Cr]0100
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - M. beryllina050
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)050

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 19, 2022Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesEP6
May 19, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceEP6
May 19, 2022Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationEP6
June 22, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationEP6
March 1, 2018Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationEP6
March 1, 2018Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab ErrorEP6
March 1, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentEP6
March 1, 2018Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleEP6
August 15, 2017Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationEP6

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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