Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0031534

HOUSTON FUEL OIL TERMINAL, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0031534 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

HOUSTON FUEL OIL TERMINAL, held by HFOTCO LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0031534, which discharges to Houston Ship Channel;Carpenters Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued May 24, 2018 and expiring May 24, 2023.

HOUSTON FUEL OIL TERMINAL, Houston, Texas: Individual permit TX0031534, held by HFOTCO LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 24, 2018, term to May 24, 2023; discharges to HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL;CARPENTERS BAYOU.

Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2022, largest 105% over the limit.
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2022, largest 45% over the limit.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2019, largest 38% over the limit.
pH: 4 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest May 31, 2022.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Hydrocarbons, total petroleum: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

April 25, 2018: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

HOUSTON FUEL OIL TERMINAL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 112 discharge permits in the Carpenters Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040702), TX0031534 among them. Its county holds 4,455, 195 of them major permits; TX0031534 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Carpenters Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040702)

683 LF SANITARY SEWER FACILITIES ALONG WHOUSTON LAKE PKWY, Houston: TXR1523WG, minor permit, discharging to GREENS BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
AMERICAN PALLET RECYCLING, Houston: TXR05FX71, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
AXIS INDUSTRIES GARRETT ROAD, Houston: TXR05GC60, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
BATTLEGROUND MATERIALS, Houston: TXR05HC33, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
CARPENTERS BAYOU TRAIL AND PEDESTIRAN BIKE BRIDGE, Houston: TXR1511RZ, minor permit, discharging to CARPENTERS BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
CARPENTERS LANDING EAST, Channelview: TXR1566QX, minor permit, discharging to CARPENTERS BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
CARPENTERS LOGISTICS CENTER WWTF, Channelview: TX0145653, not classed
CE KING 66.72-ACRES, Houston: TXR1504ML, minor permit, discharging to SHELDON RESERVOIR, permit term to March 4, 2028
CHANNELVIEW CBP, Channelview: TXG113073, minor permit, permit term to November 6, 2026
CHANNELVIEW TERMINAL, Channelview: TX0136573, minor permit, discharging to CARPENTERS BAYOU TIDAL IN HSC, permit term to October 4, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	HOUSTON FUEL OIL TERMINAL
Permittee as filed	HFOTCO LLC
NPDES ID	TX0031534
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 24, 2018
Expiration date	May 24, 2023
Address	Houston, TX 77015
Receiving water	HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL;CARPENTERS BAYOU
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Carpenters Bayou (HUC 120401040702)
SIC	4226 – Special Warehousing And Storage

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
5With a violation of any kind
4With 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
Oil & Grease	2	14	6	October 31, 2022	105% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]	2	10	2	October 31, 2022	45% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	8	2	August 31, 2019	38% over the limit
pH	4	9	1	May 31, 2022
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	9	0
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs]	2	0	0
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination	2	0	0
Hydrocarbons, total petroleum	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
April 25, 2018	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0031534.

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 TX0031534.

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This page covers NPDES permit TX0031534, held by HFOTCO LLC for the Houston Fuel Oil Terminal in Houston, TX, which discharges to Houston Ship Channel;Carpenters Bayou. The permit is administratively continued, with 8 as the discharger class count, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The listed dates are issued May 24, 2018 and expiration May 24, 2023, with the subwatershed Carpenters Bayou (HUC 120401040702).