Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0024333
BODEGA MARINE LABORATORY, Bodega Bay, CA: NPDES CA0024333 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 134Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BODEGA MARINE LABORATORY, held by University of California - Davis, holds NPDES permit CA0024333, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued June 13, 2013 and expiring July 31, 2018. 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 | BODEGA MARINE LABORATORY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | University of California - Davis |
| NPDES ID | CA0024333 |
| 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 |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | June 13, 2013 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2018 |
| Address | Bodega Bay, CA 94923 |
| Receiving water | Pacific Ocean |
| Subwatershed | Bodega Harbor-Frontal Pacific Ocean (HUC 180101090203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 136Pollutants on file
- 134Under a numeric limit
- 36With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 136 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 4 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2017 | 357% over the limit |
| TCDD equivalents | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chronic Mthd Larval Development Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Static48hr Mytilus spp | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chronic Mthd Fertilization Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Static40min D excentricus | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 72Hr Chronic Strongyl. purpuratus | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Static 72Hr Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Chronic Crassostrea gigas | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Chronic Haliotis rufescens | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Holmesimysis costata | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Menidia beryllina | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxic Units Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Atherinops affinis | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 72Hr Chronic Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 72Hr Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Chronic Crassostrea gigas | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Chronic Haliotis rufescens | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Chronic Mytilus Species | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Holmesimysis costata | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Atherinops affinis | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Chronic Mytilus Edulis | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| pH | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 20 Minute Fertilization Chronic Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 20 Minute Fertilization Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Static 48Hr Chronic Mytilis Species | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 20Min Chronic Strongyl. purpuratus | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Static 20Min Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Halomethanes | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Radioactivity | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tributyltin | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 3 | 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 CA0024333.
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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