Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0086398

AIR LIQUIDE VICTORIA ASU, Bloomington, TX: NPDES TX0086398 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

AIR LIQUIDE VICTORIA ASU, held by AIR LIQUIDE LARGE INDUSTRIES US, LP, holds NPDES permit TX0086398, which discharges to Victoria Barge Canal Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued May 28, 2015 and expiring February 1, 2020.

AIR LIQUIDE VICTORIA ASU, Bloomington, Texas: Individual permit TX0086398, held by AIR LIQUIDE LARGE INDUSTRIES US, LP; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued May 28, 2015, term to February 1, 2020; discharges to VICTORIA BARGE CANAL TIDAL.

Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 106 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2016, largest 439% over the limit.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 88 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2023, largest 279% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 85 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2021, largest 22% over the limit.
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]: 2 limits, 85 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2023, largest 528% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 83 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2022.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 82 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Arsenic, total [as As]: 2 limits, 82 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 1 limit, 43 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

December 12, 2024: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

AIR LIQUIDE VICTORIA ASU among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 14 discharge permits in the Black Bayou-Green Lake subwatershed (HUC 121004030100), TX0086398 among them. Its county holds 88, 5 of them major permits; TX0086398 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Black Bayou-Green Lake subwatershed (HUC 121004030100)

AEP DUPONT TO CHOCOLATE BAYOU TRANSMISSION LINE, Bloomington: TXR1522XQ, minor permit, discharging to VICTORIA BARGE CANAL, permit term to March 4, 2028
AIR LIQUIDE - VICTORIA ASU, Bloomington: TXR05T889, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2021
CITY OF AUSTWELL PLANT, Austwell: TX0148741, not classed
FIRST AMMONIA VICTORIA, Victoria: TXR1544UZ, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF VICTORIA BARGE CANAL, permit term to March 4, 2028
INEOS GREEN LAKE PLANT, Port Lavaca: TX0077577, major permit, discharging to VICTORIA BARGE CANAL TIDAL, permit term to February 1, 2020
KAG SPECIALTY PRODUCTS GROUP, Port Lavaca: TXRNEBS56, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
PORT OF VICTORIA - LOGISTICS CENTER, Bloomington: TXR1532RB, minor permit, discharging to BLACK BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
SEADRIFT COKE, Port Lavaca: TXG670540, minor permit, permit term to April 4, 2030
SEADRIFT COKE PLANT, Seadrift: TX0090948, minor permit, discharging to VICTORIA BARGE CANAL, permit term to February 1, 2020
TRAVERSE PIPELINE - VICTORIA BARGE CANAL DISCHARGE, Port Lavaca: TXG670650, minor permit, permit term to April 4, 2030

Identity

Facility as filed	AIR LIQUIDE VICTORIA ASU
Permittee as filed	AIR LIQUIDE LARGE INDUSTRIES US, LP
NPDES ID	TX0086398
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 28, 2015
Expiration date	February 1, 2020
Address	Bloomington, TX 77951
Receiving water	VICTORIA BARGE CANAL TIDAL
Subwatershed	Black Bayou-Green Lake (HUC 121004030100)
SIC	2813 – Industrial Gases
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler TXD000633354

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
5With 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
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	106	12	February 29, 2016	439% over the limit
Oil & Grease	2	88	6	April 30, 2023	279% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	85	5	August 31, 2021	22% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]	2	85	3	December 31, 2023	528% over the limit
pH	2	83	1	December 31, 2022
Solids, total suspended	2	82	0
Arsenic, total [as As]	2	82	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	1	43	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
December 12, 2024	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0086398.

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 TX0086398.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0086398 for AIR LIQUIDE VICTORIA ASU in Bloomington, TX, held by AIR LIQUIDE LARGE INDUSTRIES US, LP and discharging to Victoria Barge Canal Tidal within the Black Bayou-Green Lake subwatershed (HUC 121004030100). The permit is listed as a minor discharger, administratively continued, with 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.