Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0001163
ARGOS PUERTO RICO CORPORATION, Dorado, PR: NPDES PR0001163 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 26Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ARGOS PUERTO RICO CORPORATION, held by Argos Puerto Rico Corporation, holds NPDES permit PR0001163, which discharges to Quebrada Honda. EPA’s file records it issued June 11, 2019 and expiring July 31, 2024. 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 filed | ARGOS PUERTO RICO CORPORATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Argos Puerto Rico Corporation |
| NPDES ID | PR0001163 |
| 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 | June 11, 2019 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2024 |
| Address | Dorado, PR 00946 |
| Receiving water | QUEBRADA HONDA |
| Subwatershed | Rio Cibuco-Cienaga Prieta-Laguna Tortuguero Coastal Watershed (HUC 210100020107) |
| SIC | 3241 – Cement, Hydraulic |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler PRD980526115; ICIS-AIR source PR0000007205100007 |
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
- 45Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 45With a violation of any kind
- 26With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 164 | 124 | July 31, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 0 | 127 | 106 | October 31, 2012 | 12,599,900% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 104 | 85 | March 31, 2005 | 669% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 0 | 113 | 81 | July 31, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 101 | 61 | June 30, 2024 | 1,380% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 0 | 79 | 57 | June 30, 2019 | 11,995% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 2 | 83 | 54 | June 30, 2024 | |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 51 | 43 | November 30, 2007 | 37,800% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 79 | 42 | September 30, 2016 | 52,532% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 53 | 42 | November 30, 2007 | 555,456% over the limit |
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 68 | 38 | July 31, 2019 | 891,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 107 | 35 | July 31, 2020 | |
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 1 | 55 | 34 | February 29, 2024 | 6,599,900% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 77 | 33 | August 31, 2022 | 100% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 77 | 32 | July 31, 2020 | 700% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 4 | 34 | 30 | September 30, 2025 | 225,614% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 40 | 16 | August 31, 2001 | 1,900% over the limit |
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 0 | 25 | 12 | March 31, 2019 | 99,999,904% over the limit |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 41 | 9 | March 31, 2004 | 68,700% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 37 | 7 | February 28, 2002 | 34,865% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 44 | 2 | June 30, 2009 | 20% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 22 | 2 | February 28, 2002 | 22,100% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 22 | 2 | May 31, 2004 | 3,900% over the limit |
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 17 | 2 | March 31, 2005 | 79% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 49 | 1 | December 31, 2001 | 44,300% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 20 | 1 | August 31, 1997 | 1,263% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Storm water flow | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfates, total [as SO4] | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2019 | 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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