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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0106208

PORT TERMINAL FACILITY, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0106208 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PORT TERMINAL FACILITY, held by S C TERMINALS LP, holds NPDES permit TX0106208, which discharges to Pipeline To Houston Ship Channel. EPA’s file records it issued October 17, 2018 and expiring October 17, 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 filedPORT TERMINAL FACILITY
Permittee as filedS C TERMINALS LP
NPDES IDTX0106208
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
IssuedOctober 17, 2018
Expiration dateOctober 17, 2023
AddressHouston, TX 77012
Receiving waterPIPELINE TO HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedVince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703)
SIC5171 – Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

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
Oil & Grease1141April 30, 2006400% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]131July 31, 200699% over the limit
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination1870
pH290
Mercury, total [as Hg]050
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 2, 2017Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit TX0106208 held by S C TERMINALS LP for the PORT TERMINAL FACILITY in Houston, TX, which discharges to Pipeline To Houston Ship Channel and is administratively continued past its October 17, 2023 expiration date. The page lists 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.