Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0085570
FORMOSA POINT COMFORT PLANT, Point Comfort, TX: NPDES TX0085570 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 98Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 17Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 1Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
FORMOSA POINT COMFORT PLANT, held by FORMOSA UTILITY VENTURE, LTD &, holds NPDES permit TX0085570, which discharges to Lavaca Bay/Chocolate Bay, Cox Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 30, 2005 and expiring August 1, 2010.
FORMOSA POINT COMFORT PLANT, Point Comfort, Texas: Individual permit TX0085570, held by FORMOSA UTILITY VENTURE, LTD &; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 30, 2005, term to August 1, 2010; discharges to LAVACA BAY/CHOCOLATE BAY, COX CREEK.
- pH: 28 limits, 53 violations of any kind, 21 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2021.
- BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 8 limits, 24 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2022, largest 264% over the limit.
- 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin: 4 limits, 24 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2021, largest 2,147,483,650% over the limit.
- BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2023, largest 276% over the limit.
- Solids, total suspended: 12 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2019, largest 115% over the limit.
- 1,2-Dichloroethane: 12 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2021, largest 450% over the limit.
- Phenol: 8 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2025, largest 284% over the limit.
- Copper, total [as Cu]: 8 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2019, largest 227% over the limit.
- Chloroform: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2022, largest 75% over the limit.
- Zinc, total [as Zn]: 4 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2025, largest 69% over the limit.
- Whole effluent toxicity: 5 limits, 23 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2005, largest 66% over the limit.
- Carbon, tot organic [TOC]: 13 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2015, largest 35% over the limit.
- pH range excursions, > 60 minutes: 2 limits, 23 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2005, largest 99,999% over the limit.
- Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]: 12 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2006, largest 27% over the limit.
- Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 6 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2022, largest 11% over the limit.
- Chlorine, total residual: 4 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 2025, largest 22% over the limit.
- Mercury, total [as Hg]: 4 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest March 31, 2008, largest 267% over the limit.
- pH range excursions, monthly total accum: 2 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Oil & Grease: 14 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Purgeable hydrocarbons, Meth. 601: 8 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Benzene: 8 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia): 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia): 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia): 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia): 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia): 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia): 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Lead, total [as Pb]: 8 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nickel, total [as Ni]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Titanium, total [as Ti]: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Acenaphthylene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Acenaphthene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Acrylonitrile: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Anthracene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Benzo[b]fluoranthene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Benzo[k]fluoranthene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Benzo[a]pyrene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Chrysene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Diethyl phthalate: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Dimethyl phthalate: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Ethylbenzene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Fluoranthene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Fluorene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Hexachlorobutadiene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Hexachloroethane: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nitrobenzene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Phenanthrene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pyrene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- 1,1-Dichloroethane: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- 1,1-Dichloroethylene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- 1,1,2-Trichloroethane: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Benzo[a]anthracene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- 1,2-Dichlorobenzene: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- 1,2-Dichloropropane: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- June 30, 2026: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- June 30, 2026: Evaluation (S).
- September 23, 2024: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- November 15, 2023: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- August 3, 2022: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- January 25, 2018: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
FORMOSA POINT COMFORT PLANT among its neighbors
EPA’s permit file holds 11 discharge permits in the Cox Creek subwatershed (HUC 121004010100), TX0085570 among them. Its county holds 50, 6 of them major permits; TX0085570 is a major permit.
Other permits in the Cox Creek subwatershed (HUC 121004010100)
- ALCOA POINT COMFORT OPERATIONS, Point Comfort: TX0004715, major permit, discharging to LAVACA BAY, permit term to August 1, 2020
- ALCOA WORLD ALUMINA POINT COMFORT OPERATIONS, Point Comfort: TXR1539PS, minor permit, discharging to LAVACA BAY, permit term to March 4, 2028
- E S JOSLIN POWER STATION, Point Comfort: TX0003573, minor permit, discharging to COX BAY, permit term to February 11, 2025
- FORMOSA POINT COMFORT PLANT, Point Comfort: TXR1529QA, minor permit, discharging to COX CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
- FORMOSA POINT COMFORT PLANT, Point Comfort: TXR1534WA, minor permit, discharging to CARANCAHUA CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
- FORMOSA POINT COMFORT PLANT, Point Comfort: TXR1575OV, minor permit, discharging to COX CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
- POINT COMFORT SOLAR PHASE 1, Port Lavaca: TXR1515YN, minor permit, discharging to VAES BAY, permit term to March 4, 2028
- POINT COMFORT WWTP, Point Comfort: TX0023167, minor permit, discharging to Lavaca Bay/Chocolate Bay, permit term to July 2, 2025
- SH 35 C179-9-34 CSJ 0179-09-034, Port Lavaca: TXR1504RP, minor permit, discharging to CARANCHUA BAY, permit term to March 4, 2028
- TRES BAHIAS SUBSTATION AND TRANSMISSION LINE, Port Lavaca: TXR1556MD, minor permit, discharging to COXS CREEK RESERVOIR, permit term to March 4, 2028
Identity
| Facility as filed | FORMOSA POINT COMFORT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FORMOSA UTILITY VENTURE, LTD & |
| NPDES ID | TX0085570 |
| 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 | August 30, 2005 |
| Expiration date | August 1, 2010 |
| Address | Point Comfort, TX 77978 |
| Receiving water | LAVACA BAY/CHOCOLATE BAY, COX CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Cox Creek (HUC 121004010100) |
| SIC | 2821 – Plastics Materials And Resins |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXT490011293; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004805700015 |
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 98Pollutants on file
- 98Under a numeric limit
- 90With a violation of any kind
- 17With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 98 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 28 | 53 | 21 | July 31, 2021 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 24 | 12 | June 30, 2022 | 264% over the limit |
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 4 | 24 | 12 | August 31, 2021 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 20 | 8 | February 28, 2023 | 276% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 16 | 8 | July 31, 2019 | 115% over the limit |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 12 | 16 | 8 | August 31, 2021 | 450% over the limit |
| Phenol | 8 | 13 | 7 | August 31, 2025 | 284% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 10 | 6 | July 31, 2019 | 227% over the limit |
| Chloroform | 2 | 7 | 5 | December 31, 2022 | 75% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 5 | 5 | March 31, 2025 | 69% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 5 | 23 | 4 | March 31, 2005 | 66% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 13 | 15 | 2 | June 30, 2015 | 35% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 2 | 23 | 1 | October 31, 2005 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 12 | 9 | 1 | November 30, 2006 | 27% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 5 | 1 | November 30, 2022 | 11% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2025 | 22% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2008 | 267% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 14 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Purgeable hydrocarbons, Meth. 601 | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 8 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Titanium, total [as Ti] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 23, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| November 15, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 3, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| January 25, 2018 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
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 TX0085570.
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