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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0085928

GULF COAST FRACTIONATORS, Mont Belvieu, TX: NPDES TX0085928 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GULF COAST FRACTIONATORS holds NPDES permit TX0085928. EPA’s file records it issued June 26, 2015 and expiring July 31, 2020. 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 filedGULF COAST FRACTIONATORS
Permittee as filedGULF COAST FRACTIONATORS
NPDES IDTX0085928
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
IssuedJune 26, 2015
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2020
AddressMont Belvieu, TX 77580
SubwatershedEllis Branch-Cedar Bayou (HUC 120402030105)
SIC1311 – Crude Petroleum And Natural Gas
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXD118482447; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004807100028

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Aluminum, total [as Al]8145133September 30, 2023804% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant816527July 31, 2026303% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1616115July 31, 20261,572% over the limit
pH81462August 31, 2021
Chlorine, total residual2381November 30, 20131,163% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]021July 31, 202625% over the limit
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2280
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2280
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2280
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2280
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2280
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2280
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2280
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2280
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2280
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2280
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2180
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2180
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2180
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2180
Copper, total [as Cu]8160
Whole effluent toxicity0140
Oil & Grease010
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1200
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2200
Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3200

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 TX0085928.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0085928.

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 TX0085928.

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 TX0085928 for GULF COAST FRACTIONATORS in Mont Belvieu, TX, which EPA's file lists as an individual minor discharger permit in administratively continued status. The page lists 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates and subwatershed Ellis Branch-Cedar Bayou (HUC 120402030105).