Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0106062

EQUISTAR CHEMCIALS CHANNELVIEW COMPLEX, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0106062 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
5Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

EQUISTAR CHEMCIALS CHANNELVIEW COMPLEX, held by CRAY VALLEY USA LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0106062, which discharges to Unnamed Ditch, San Jacinto River Ti. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2008 and expiring July 1, 2013. 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 filed	EQUISTAR CHEMCIALS CHANNELVIEW COMPLEX
Permittee as filed	CRAY VALLEY USA LLC
NPDES ID	TX0106062
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	October 30, 2008
Expiration date	July 1, 2013
Address	Houston, TX 77049
Receiving water	UNNAMED DITCH, SAN JACINTO RIVER TI
Subwatershed	Highlands Reservoir-San Jacinto River (HUC 120401040705)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler TXD981901713

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
5Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
4With 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]	1	23	4	February 29, 2012	60% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]	2	42	3	March 31, 2010	128% over the limit
Oil and grease, hexane extr method	0	29	1	May 31, 2006	57% over the limit
Oil & Grease	2	17	1	July 31, 2011	3% over the limit
pH	4	78	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	74	0
E. coli	0	1	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 TX0106062.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0106062.

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 TX0106062.

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.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit TX0106062 for the Equistar Chemicals Channelview Complex in Houston, TX, held by Cray Valley USA LLC, and lists its status as administratively continued with a minor discharger class. The page reports 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued October 30, 2008 and expiring July 1, 2013.