Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0132195
HOUSTON TERMINAL, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0132195 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
HOUSTON TERMINAL, held by ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPREATING LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0132195, which discharges to Underground Culvert;Unnamed Ditch;Houston Ship Cha. EPA’s file records it issued November 7, 2017 and expiring August 1, 2022.
Identity
| Facility as filed | HOUSTON TERMINAL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPREATING LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0132195 |
| 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 | November 7, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 1, 2022 |
| Address | Houston, TX 77015 |
| Receiving water | UNDERGROUND CULVERT;UNNAMED DITCH;HOUSTON SHIP CHA |
| Subwatershed | Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703) |
| SIC | 4226 – Special Warehousing And Storage |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXR000032821; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004820100277 |
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 48 | 8 | October 31, 2018 | |
| Benzene | 1 | 17 | 4 | September 30, 2025 | 7,460% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 22 | 3 | January 31, 2013 | 1,068% over the limit |
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 1 | 14 | 2 | September 30, 2025 | 2,424% over the limit |
| Hydrocarbons, total petroleum | 1 | 15 | 1 | July 31, 2012 | 11% over the limit |
| Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE] | 1 | 14 | 1 | June 30, 2013 | 938% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0132195.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0132195.
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 TX0132195.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.