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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0005380

BAYPORT FACILITY, Pasadena, TX: NPDES TX0005380 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BAYPORT FACILITY, held by GULF COAST AUTHORITY, holds NPDES permit TX0005380, which discharges to Bayport Channel. EPA’s file records it issued August 28, 2019 and expiring August 28, 2022. 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 filedBAYPORT FACILITY
Permittee as filedGULF COAST AUTHORITY
NPDES IDTX0005380
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
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 28, 2019
Expiration dateAugust 28, 2022
AddressPasadena, TX 77057
Receiving waterBAYPORT CHANNEL
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedClear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120402040100)
Program components on filePOTW, Pretreatment
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXD980626170; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004820100379

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 113 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]21610October 31, 202125% over the limit
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]2119February 28, 2022301% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]2148March 31, 201222% over the limit
Chloroform286January 31, 201970% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual284August 31, 202435% over the limit
Bromoform253June 30, 2014399% over the limit
1,2-Dichloropropane251December 31, 201527% over the limit
1,4-Dichlorobenzene251February 28, 20195% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C051September 30, 200843% over the limit
Solids, total suspended241September 30, 20236% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]231September 30, 20137% over the limit
Dibromochloromethane231September 30, 202249% over the limit
Surfactants [MBAS]211March 31, 201521% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant280
Mercury, total [as Hg]260
1,2-Dichloroethane240
1,1,1-Trichloroethane240
1,1,2-Trichloroethane240
Benzo[a]anthracene240
1,2-Dichlorobenzene240
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene240
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene240
1,3-Dichlorobenzene240
2-Chlorophenol240
2-Nitrophenol240
2,4-Dichlorophenol240
2,4-Dimethylphenol240
2,4-Dinitrotoluene240
2,4-Dinitrophenol240
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol240
2,6-Dinitrotoluene240
4-Nitrophenol240
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol240
Phenol240
Naphthalene240
Bromomethane240
Bromodichloromethane, effluent240
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]240
Di-n-butyl phthalate240
Vinyl chloride240
Trichloroethylene240
Hexachlorobenzene240
Sodium salt of acifluorofen240
1,3-Dichloropropylene240
o-Cresol240
Pyridine240
p-Cresol240
n-Decane240
Carbazole240
n-Octadecane240
2-Butanone240
Acetone240
Acetophenone240
Paraquat240
Oil & Grease230
pH220
Arsenic, total [as As]220
Cadmium, total [as Cd]220
Chromium, total [as Cr]220
Cobalt, total [as Co]220

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
January 7, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 3, 2026EvaluationS

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TX0005380.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0005380 for the BAYPORT FACILITY in Pasadena, TX, held by GULF COAST AUTHORITY, which discharges to Bayport Channel. The permit is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger, with 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 13 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. EPA's file records the permit as issued August 28, 2019 and expiring August 28, 2022, as of October 14, 2026.