Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0023451
VIATRIS PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, Vega Baja, PR: NPDES PR0023451 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 33Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VIATRIS PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, held by PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, holds NPDES permit PR0023451, which discharges to Rio Cibuco At Vega Baja, Pr. EPA’s file records it issued September 15, 2008 and expiring October 31, 2013. 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 | VIATRIS PHARMACEUTICALS LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PFIZER PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED |
| NPDES ID | PR0023451 |
| 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 15, 2008 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2013 |
| Address | Vega Baja, PR 00694 |
| Receiving water | RIO CIBUCO AT VEGA BAJA, PR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cienaga de las Cucharillas Drainage Watershed (HUC 210100050503) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler PRD091144709; ICIS-AIR source PR0000007214500010 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 43Pollutants on file
- 33Under a numeric limit
- 33With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 45 | 31 | April 30, 2005 | 13,900% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 17 | 3 | September 30, 2022 | 264% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 27 | 2 | October 31, 2007 | |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 26 | 2 | December 31, 2005 | 124% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 26 | 2 | July 31, 2002 | 450% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 18 | 2 | June 30, 2007 | 11,020% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 1 | 14 | 1 | July 31, 2002 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 14 | 1 | July 31, 2002 | 1,530% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 14 | 1 | July 31, 2002 | 106% over the limit |
| Surfactants [MBAS] | 1 | 14 | 1 | August 31, 1997 | 86% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 13 | 1 | July 31, 2002 | 201% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, total general | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia & ammonium- total | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit | 1 | 0 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PR0023451.
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.