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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0138941

MCA LA PORTE SITE, La Porte, TX: NPDES TX0138941 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MCA LA PORTE SITE, held by MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL AMERICA INC, holds NPDES permit TX0138941, which discharges to San Jacinto Bay. EPA’s file records it issued October 7, 2019 and expiring October 7, 2024. 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 filedMCA LA PORTE SITE
Permittee as filedMITSUBISHI CHEMICAL AMERICA INC
NPDES IDTX0138941
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
IssuedOctober 7, 2019
Expiration dateOctober 7, 2024
AddressLa Porte, TX 77571
Receiving waterSan Jacinto Bay
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGoose Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120401040706)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant622July 31, 202426% over the limit
Solids, total suspended400
pH200
Oil & Grease200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0138941.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0138941 for MCA LA PORTE SITE in La Porte, TX, held by MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL AMERICA INC, which discharges to San Jacinto Bay within the Goose Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay subwatershed (HUC 120401040706). The permit is listed as administratively continued and a Minor Discharger class, with 6 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.