Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FZ72

BASF PASADENA, Pasadena, TX: NPDES TXR05FZ72 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
17Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BASF PASADENA, held by BASF Corporation, holds NPDES permit TXR05FZ72. EPA’s file records it issued March 7, 2023 and expiring August 13, 2026.

BASF PASADENA, Pasadena, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR05FZ72, held by BASF Corporation; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 7, 2023, term to August 13, 2026.

Arsenic, total [as As]: 10 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 10 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 10 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver, total [as Ag]: 10 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total [as Se]: 10 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 10 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Magnesium, total [as Mg]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Barium, total [as Ba]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total [as Cr]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total [as Ni]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide [A]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Enterococci: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Texas holds 8,480 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 4,236 were issued before TXR05FZ72. BASF Corporation holds 2 permits in Texas.

Other permits held by BASF Corporation

BASF CALDWELL, Caldwell: TXRNEBQ78, issued November 1, 2021

Coverages issued nearest TXR05FZ72

March 6, 2023: PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION, Fort Worth, TXR05FZ65, held by Purina Animal Nutrition LLC
March 6, 2023: CENTRAL CRUSHED PENDLEY PIT, Waco, TXR05FZ66, held by Central Crushed Concrete, LLC
March 6, 2023: GULF COAST ARCOLA PLANT, Rosharon, TXR05FZ67, held by Texas Materials Group, Inc.
March 6, 2023: UFP SITE BUILT, Temple, TXR05FZ68, held by Ufp Site Built, LLC
March 6, 2023: CATMAX AMERICAN, Brownsville, TXRNECB63, held by CatMax American, Inc.
March 7, 2023: AWC FRAC VALVES - CONROE, Conroe, TXR05FZ73, held by Awc Frac Valves Inc.
March 7, 2023: SOLARCYCLE ODESSA, Odessa, TXR05FZ74, held by Solarcycle, Inc.
March 7, 2023: CRYSTAL CLEAN - DALLAS, Dallas, TXRNECB64, held by Crystal Clean, Llc
March 7, 2023: GSM PORT OF BROWNSVILLE, Brownville, TXRNECB65, held by Gulf Stream Marine, Inc.
March 7, 2023: PETTIGREW, Dallas, TXRNECB66, held by Wildman Art Framing, Inc.

BASF PASADENA among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 301 discharge permits in the Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040703), TXR05FZ72 among them. Its county holds 4,455, 195 of them major permits; TXR05FZ72 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040703)

019-HOU3-22 HOUSTON CONCRETE SILOS, Houston: TXR1594NZ, minor permit, discharging to HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/BUFFALO BAYOU TIDAL, permit term to March 4, 2028
1111 FANNIN, Houston: TXR1556LZ, minor permit, permit term to March 4, 2028
225 RAIL YARD, Pasadena: TXR15425W, minor permit, discharging to HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/BUFFALO BAYOU TIDAL, permit term to March 4, 2023
500 MAYO SHELL ROAD, Galena Park: TXR05GS62, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
69TH ST WWTP, Houston: TX0096172, major permit, discharging to Buffalo Bayou, permit term to September 1, 2002
8815 MISSISSIPPI, Houston: TXR05GD86, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
8825 MISSISSIPPI STREET, Houston: TXR05GE47, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
A AND A METALS, Houston: TXRNEBJ94, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
AEI RED BLUFF, Pasadena: TXRNECR17, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
AES DEEPWATER COGENERATION PLA, Pasadena: TX0128830, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED DITCH, VINCE BAYOU TIDAL PO, permit term to September 1, 2017

What the register holds for BASF PASADENA: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Pasadena, Texas, and 17 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05FZ72.

Identity

Facility as filed	BASF PASADENA
Permittee as filed	BASF Corporation
NPDES ID	TXR05FZ72
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Industrial stormwater
Issued	March 7, 2023
Expiration date	August 13, 2026
Address	Pasadena, TX 77501
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703)
SIC	2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals

Effluent limits and exceedances

17Pollutants on file
17Under a numeric limit
0With 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
Arsenic, total [as As]	10	0	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	10	0	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	10	0	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	10	0	0
Selenium, total [as Se]	10	0	0
Mercury, total [as Hg]	10	0	0
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	6	0	0
Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day	5	0	0
Magnesium, total [as Mg]	5	0	0
Barium, total [as Ba]	5	0	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	5	0	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	5	0	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	5	0	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	5	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	5	0	0
Cyanide [A]	5	0	0
Enterococci	1	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05FZ72.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR05FZ72.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR05FZ72.

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

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TXR05FZ72.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit TXR05FZ72 held by BASF Corporation for BASF PASADENA in Pasadena, TX, and lists the permit's status as administratively continued with a minor discharger class. The register shows 17 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with no violations on file for this permit.