Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES UT0000175
CHEVRON USA, INC., Salt Lake City, UT: NPDES UT0000175 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHEVRON USA, INC., held by CHEVRON U.S.A., INC, holds NPDES permit UT0000175, which discharges to Oil Drain Canal To The Great Salt Lake. EPA’s file records it issued July 29, 2020 and expiring July 31, 2025. 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 | CHEVRON USA, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CHEVRON U.S.A., INC |
| NPDES ID | UT0000175 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 29, 2020 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | UTAH DEQ DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY |
| Address | Salt Lake City, UT 84116 |
| Receiving water | OIL DRAIN CANAL to The Great Salt Lake |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Jordan River-Frontal Great Salt Lake (HUC 160202040405) |
| NAICS | 324191 – Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2911 – Petroleum Refining |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler UTD092029768; ICIS-AIR source UT0000004901100003 |
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
- 30Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 76 | 68 | April 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Sulfide, total | 2 | 25 | 19 | December 31, 2015 | 346% over the limit |
| Suspended solids | 0 | 26 | 14 | August 31, 2018 | 463% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 3 | March 31, 2006 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 3 | 3 | January 31, 2023 | 10% over the limit |
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 8 | 2 | April 30, 2019 | 19% over the limit |
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 2 | January 31, 1993 | 874% over the limit |
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 2 | 5 | 1 | June 30, 2005 | 17% over the limit |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, ortho [as P] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenolic compounds, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES UT0000175.
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.