Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0089567
DEER PARK GLYCINE FACILITY, Deer Park, TX: NPDES TX0089567 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DEER PARK GLYCINE FACILITY, held by GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC., holds NPDES permit TX0089567, which discharges to Hcfcd Ditch G111;Tucker Bayou Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued August 8, 2018 and expiring August 8, 2023. 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 filed | DEER PARK GLYCINE FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GEO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC. |
| NPDES ID | TX0089567 |
| 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 | August 8, 2018 |
| Expiration date | August 8, 2023 |
| Address | Deer Park, TX 77536 |
| Receiving water | HCFCD DITCH G111;TUCKER BAYOU TIDAL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703) |
| SIC | 2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD981602451; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004820101384 |
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
- 37Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 35With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 3 | 26 | 22 | May 31, 2013 | 1,649% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 12 | 3 | February 28, 2009 | 46% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 3 | 9 | 2 | January 31, 2007 | 62% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 5 | 5 | 2 | August 31, 2025 | 111% over the limit |
| Hexachlorobenzene | 0 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2006 | 1,866% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 12 | 1 | January 31, 2010 | 33% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 9 | 1 | February 28, 2007 | |
| Enterococci | 2 | 5 | 1 | August 31, 2025 | 516% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Di-n-butyl phthalate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free not amenable to chlorin. | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloroethane | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0089567.
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 October 14, 2026.