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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0131598

RAINBOW TERMINAL PETCOKE HANDLING FACILITY, City Of Port Arthur, TX: NPDES TX0131598 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RAINBOW TERMINAL PETCOKE HANDLING FACILITY, held by KINDER MORGAN PETCOKE, LP, holds NPDES permit TX0131598, which discharges to Neches River Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued September 13, 2018 and expiring September 13, 2023.

RAINBOW TERMINAL PETCOKE HANDLING FACILITY, City Of Port Arthur, Texas: Individual permit TX0131598, held by KINDER MORGAN PETCOKE, LP; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 13, 2018, term to September 13, 2023; discharges to NECHES RIVER TIDAL.

  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 19 violations of any kind, 15 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2025, largest 92% over the limit.
  • Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]: 2 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 11 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2025, largest 83% over the limit.
  • pH: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2022.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil & Grease: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • May 30, 2024: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
  • August 1, 2017: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

Other permits held by KINDER MORGAN PETCOKE, LP

RAINBOW TERMINAL PETCOKE HANDLING FACILITY among its neighbors

Its county holds 302, 16 of them major permits; TX0131598 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

  • 1500 COASTAL HOLDINGS, Port Arthur: TX0064718, minor permit, discharging to NECHES RIVER TIDAL, permit term to August 1, 2016
  • 24-01 - SH 87, Beaumont: TXR1509QU, minor permit, discharging to HILLEBRANDT BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • 365 PIT, Beaumont: TXR05ED94, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
  • AGY RV PARK, Winnie: TXR1588RX, minor permit, discharging to TO DETENTION POND ONSITE THEN TO DRAINAGE DISTRICT, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • AIR LIQUIDE NEDERLAND AIR SEPARATION UNIT, Nederland: TX0007277, minor permit, discharging to NECHES RIVER, permit term to August 1, 2021
  • AMERICAN LANTERN CO., Unknown: TXP000177, not classed
  • AMERICAN VALVE & HYDRANT, Beaumont: TXP000297, not classed
  • ARKEMA BEAUMONT PLANT, Beaumont: TX0052825, minor permit, discharging to DIRECTLY OLD RIVER A PORTION OT NECHES RIVER TIDAL, permit term to August 1, 2021
  • ARKEMA BEAUMONT TEXAS FACILITY, Beaumont: TXR1505OR, minor permit, discharging to NECHES RIVER, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • AT&T DEMO, Beaumont: TXR1531PW, minor permit, discharging to NECHES RIVER, permit term to March 4, 2028

Identity

Facility as filedRAINBOW TERMINAL PETCOKE HANDLING FACILITY
Permittee as filedKINDER MORGAN PETCOKE, LP
NPDES IDTX0131598
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
IssuedSeptember 13, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 13, 2023
AddressCity Of Port Arthur, TX 77642
Receiving waterNECHES RIVER TIDAL
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SIC4491 – Marine Cargo Handling

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
Solids, total suspended21915June 30, 202592% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]21511June 30, 202583% over the limit
pH251November 30, 2022
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant240
Oil & Grease120

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 30, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 1, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0131598.

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 TX0131598.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0131598 for the Rainbow Terminal Petcoke Handling Facility in City Of Port Arthur, TX, held by Kinder Morgan Petcoke, LP, which discharges to the Neches River Tidal. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.