Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0131768
ENTERPRISE PASADENA PLANT, Pasadena, TX: NPDES TX0131768 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 59Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ENTERPRISE PASADENA PLANT, held by ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0131768, which discharges to Houston Ship Channel. EPA’s file records it issued May 14, 2018 and expiring May 14, 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 | ENTERPRISE PASADENA PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0131768 |
| 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 | May 14, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 14, 2023 |
| Address | Pasadena, TX 77503 |
| Receiving water | HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703) |
| SIC | 2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXR000012856; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004820101459 |
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
- 61Pollutants on file
- 59Under a numeric limit
- 60With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 61 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 22 | 18 | March 31, 2023 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 20 | 18 | November 30, 2024 | 363% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 12 | 10 | December 31, 2021 | 125% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 6 | 6 | March 31, 2021 | 2,000% over the limit |
| Chlorine, free available | 0 | 5 | 3 | January 31, 2011 | 180% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4-Nitrophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Di-n-butyl phthalate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichloropropylene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3,4-Benzofluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroethane | 1 | 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 TX0131768.
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.