Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0134088
PORT ARTHUR LNG, City Of Houston, TX: NPDES TX0134088 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
PORT ARTHUR LNG, held by PORT ARTHUR LNG, LLC., holds NPDES permit TX0134088, which discharges to Sabine-Neches Waterway. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | PORT ARTHUR LNG |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PORT ARTHUR LNG, LLC. |
| NPDES ID | TX0134088 |
| 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 | February 28, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2025 |
| Address | City Of Houston, TX 77042 |
| Receiving water | SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY |
| Subwatershed | Salt Bayou (HUC 120402010300) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 92 | 0 | ||
| Free Oil Visual Sheen | 8 | 72 | 0 | ||
| pH | 10 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 10 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 10 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| BTEX | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 4 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TX0134088.
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 TX0134088.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0134088.
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
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 4, 2026 | Phone Call/ EMAIL | State |
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 September 15, 2026.