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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0023779

PRASA EL TORITO, Cayey, PR: NPDES PR0023779 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PRASA EL TORITO, held by PRASA- JARDINES DEL TORITO, holds NPDES permit PR0023779, which discharges to Rio La Plata. EPA’s file records it issued June 30, 1987 and expiring July 31, 1992. 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 filedPRASA EL TORITO
Permittee as filedPRASA- JARDINES DEL TORITO
NPDES IDPR0023779
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 30, 1987
Expiration dateJuly 31, 1992
AddressCayey, PR 00633
Receiving waterRIO LA PLATA
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedRio de la Plata at Represa Comerio Dam (HUC 210100050707)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

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
Color [PT-CO units]0226211August 31, 2007
Chlorine, total residual0203186January 31, 2005600% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]0196179February 28, 20064,900% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0219133February 28, 201199,999% over the limit
Coliform, total general0117103February 28, 201199,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant011997October 31, 2010158% over the limit
Solids, total suspended017886May 31, 20051,744% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general010080February 28, 201199,999% over the limit
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]07356April 30, 200863,900% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]07256December 31, 2007100% over the limit
Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day05140February 28, 20113,280% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia, total [as NH3]05140February 28, 20113,280% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal05336November 30, 2009567% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C05130July 31, 2004220% over the limit
Turbidity04514December 31, 2001
BOD, 5-day, percent removal03014October 31, 2004487% over the limit
Oil & Grease02613August 31, 19972,767% over the limit
pH0428June 30, 2000
Copper, total [as Cu]0176July 31, 2008203% over the limit
Arsenic, total [as As]0165August 31, 2008183% over the limit
Sulfate, total [as SO4]0153December 31, 2006298% over the limit
Cyanide, free-water plus wastewaters0143September 30, 201029,523% over the limit
Coliform, fecal - % samples exceeding limit0143February 28, 2011300% over the limit
Cyanide, free available0143September 30, 201029,523% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]0172May 31, 2003132% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. centigrade0181April 30, 2007680% over the limit
Fluoride, total [as F]0121June 30, 201021,471% over the limit
Surfactants [MBAS]0121December 31, 200822% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]0121September 30, 200768% over the limit
Solids, settleable0140
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol0120
2-Chlorophenol0120
2,4-Dichlorophenol0120
2,4-Dimethylphenol0120
2,4-Dinitrophenol0120
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol0120
Phenol0120
Pentachlorophenol0120
Cadmium, total [as Cd]0110
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]0110
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]0110
Lead, total [as Pb]0110
Silver, total [as Ag]0110
Zinc, total [as Zn]0110
Selenium, total [as Se]0110
Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated]0110
Solids, total dissolved0110

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PR0023779.

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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