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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0084115

VOPAK TERMINAL DEER PARK INC, Deer Park, TX: NPDES TX0084115 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

VOPAK TERMINAL DEER PARK INC, held by VOPAK TERMINAL DEER PARK, INC., holds NPDES permit TX0084115, which discharges to Houston Ship Channel. EPA’s file records it issued January 2, 2019 and expiring January 2, 2024. 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 filedVOPAK TERMINAL DEER PARK INC
Permittee as filedVOPAK TERMINAL DEER PARK, INC.
NPDES IDTX0084115
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 2, 2019
Expiration dateJanuary 2, 2024
AddressDeer Park, TX 77536
Receiving waterHOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedVince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXD097673149; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004820100248

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Phenolic compounds, total0348October 31, 2017400% over the limit
Oil & Grease6995April 30, 2020540% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]6953May 31, 202174% over the limit
pH6933February 28, 2005
Phenolics, total recoverable0211August 31, 2004100% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant61000
Chlorinated hydrocarbons, total3460
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination300
Hydrocarbons, petroleum300

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 TX0084115.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0084115, held by VOPAK TERMINAL DEER PARK, INC. in Deer Park, TX, which discharges to the HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 7 minor discharger class designations and 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, of which 5 pollutants recorded an effluent exceedance.