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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FG40

BAYTOWN OLEFINS PLANT, Baytown, TX: NPDES TXR05FG40 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BAYTOWN OLEFINS PLANT, held by Exxon Mobil Corporation, holds NPDES permit TXR05FG40. EPA’s file records it issued November 11, 2021 and expiring August 13, 2026. 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 filedBAYTOWN OLEFINS PLANT
Permittee as filedExxon Mobil Corporation
NPDES IDTXR05FG40
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 11, 2021
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressBaytown, TX 77520
SubwatershedGoose Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120401040706)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXD980625966; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004820100014

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Manganese, total [as Mn]1422December 31, 202331% over the limit
Arsenic, total [as As]1400
Barium, total [as Ba]1400
Cadmium, total [as Cd]1400
Chromium, total [as Cr]1400
Copper, total [as Cu]1400
Lead, total [as Pb]1400
Nickel, total [as Ni]1400
Silver, total [as Ag]1400
Zinc, total [as Zn]1400
Selenium, total [as Se]1400
Mercury, total [as Hg]1400

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 TXR05FG40.

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 TXR05FG40 for the BAYTOWN OLEFINS PLANT in Baytown, TX, held by Exxon Mobil Corporation, which EPA's file shows as administratively continued and classed as a Minor discharger. The page lists 12 as the discharger class, 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.