Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0005720
UNI-KOOL VEGETABLE PACKING FACILITY, Salinas, CA: NPDES CA0005720 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
UNI-KOOL VEGETABLE PACKING FACILITY, held by UNI-KOOL COMPANY, holds NPDES permit CA0005720, which discharges to Salinas Rec Canal. EPA’s file records it issued May 13, 2005 and expiring May 13, 2010. 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 filed | UNI-KOOL VEGETABLE PACKING FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UNI-KOOL COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | CA0005720 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 13, 2005 |
| Expiration date | May 13, 2010 |
| Address | Salinas, CA 93901 |
| Receiving water | SALINAS REC CANAL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Alisal Creek-Salinas River (HUC 180600051509) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 171Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 171With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 171 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 0 | 7 | 3 | December 31, 2018 | 83% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 3 | 3 | August 31, 2018 | 22% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2018 | 73% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, tot unionized [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Diquat | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dinoseb | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan sulfate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| .beta.-Endosulfan | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Endosulfan | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Endrin aldehyde | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Isophorone | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Methyl bromide [Bromomethane] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 0 | 2 | 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 CA0005720.
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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