Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0135593
INTERCONTINENTAL TERMINALS PASADENA TERMINAL, Pasadena, TX: NPDES TX0135593 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
INTERCONTINENTAL TERMINALS PASADENA TERMINAL, held by INTERCONTINENTAL TERMINALS COMPANY LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0135593, which discharges to Houston Ship Channel Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued October 9, 2018 and expiring October 9, 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 | INTERCONTINENTAL TERMINALS PASADENA TERMINAL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | INTERCONTINENTAL TERMINALS COMPANY LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0135593 |
| 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 | October 9, 2018 |
| Expiration date | October 9, 2023 |
| Address | Pasadena, TX 77503 |
| Receiving water | HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL TIDAL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703) |
| SIC | 4226 – Special Warehousing And Storage |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXR000083046; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004820102008 |
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
- 15Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 2 | 1 | June 30, 2015 | 69% over the limit |
| Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination | 2 | 1 | 1 | February 29, 2020 | 11% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow [dry weather] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hydrocarbons, total petroleum | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2022 | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.