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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FE71

KANEKA PASADENA SW SITE, Pasadena, TX: NPDES TXR05FE71 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KANEKA PASADENA SW SITE, held by Kaneka North America LLC, holds NPDES permit TXR05FE71. EPA’s file records it issued November 9, 2021 and expiring August 13, 2026. 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.

What the register holds for KANEKA PASADENA SW SITE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Pasadena, Texas, and 12 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05FE71.

Identity

Facility as filedKANEKA PASADENA SW SITE
Permittee as filedKaneka North America LLC
NPDES IDTXR05FE71
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedNovember 9, 2021
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressPasadena, TX 77507
SubwatershedClear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120402040100)
SIC2023 – Dry, Condensed, Evaporated Products
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXR000065961

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

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
Arsenic, total [as As]100
Barium, total [as Ba]100
Cadmium, total [as Cd]100
Chromium, total [as Cr]100
Copper, total [as Cu]100
Lead, total [as Pb]100
Manganese, total [as Mn]100
Nickel, total [as Ni]100
Silver, total [as Ag]100
Zinc, total [as Zn]100
Selenium, total [as Se]100
Mercury, total [as Hg]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05FE71.

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 TXR05FE71.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TXR05FE71 for KANEKA PASADENA SW SITE in Pasadena, Texas, held by Kaneka North America LLC, a minor discharger under an administratively continued industrial stormwater general permit. The register lists 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and records no effluent or single-event violations for this permit.