Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0128015
LCY ELASTOMERS, Baytown, TX: NPDES TX0128015 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LCY ELASTOMERS, held by LCY ELASTOMERS LP, holds NPDES permit TX0128015, which discharges to Tabbs Bay. EPA’s file records it issued March 3, 2020 and expiring March 3, 2025. 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 | LCY ELASTOMERS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LCY ELASTOMERS LP |
| NPDES ID | TX0128015 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 3, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 3, 2025 |
| Address | Baytown, TX 77520 |
| Receiving water | Tabbs Bay |
| Subwatershed | Goose Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120401040706) |
| SIC | 2822 – Synthetic Rubber |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD988067070; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004820101298 |
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
- 44Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 40With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 275 | 115 | October 31, 2024 | 600% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 178 | 24 | October 31, 2019 | 415% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 4 | 75 | 23 | April 30, 2018 | 123% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia | 2 | 20 | 20 | March 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 20 | 16 | February 28, 2026 | 121% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 108 | 14 | July 31, 2020 | 67% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 17 | 13 | January 31, 2020 | 131% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 40 | 10 | October 31, 2009 | 94% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2018 | 57% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 63 | 3 | May 31, 2020 | |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 122 | 2 | April 30, 2011 | 55% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 154 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 21, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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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