Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0025151
TELONICHER MARINE LABORATORY, Trinidad, CA: NPDES CA0025151 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 43Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TELONICHER MARINE LABORATORY, held by Humboldt State University, holds NPDES permit CA0025151, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued May 2, 2013 and expiring June 30, 2018. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | TELONICHER MARINE LABORATORY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Humboldt State University |
| NPDES ID | CA0025151 |
| 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 2, 2013 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2018 |
| Address | Trinidad, CA 95570 |
| Receiving water | Pacific Ocean |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Luffenholtz Creek-Frontal Pacific Ocean (HUC 180101020503) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 57Pollutants on file
- 43Under a numeric limit
- 57With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 3 | 40 | 5 | December 31, 2025 | 135% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 23 | 5 | December 31, 2018 | 133% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 3 | 39 | 4 | December 31, 2025 | 338% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 9 | 57 | 3 | December 31, 2020 | 3,233% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 33 | 1 | December 31, 2024 | 6% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 4 | 30 | 1 | December 31, 2024 | 110% over the limit |
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 0 | 9 | 1 | December 31, 2025 | 1,617% over the limit |
| Storm water flow | 4 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 3 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Volume, total | 2 | 37 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 4 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Salinity | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Radioactivity | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Chronic Mytilus Species | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Holmesimysis costata | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static 20 Minute Fertilization Chronic Strongylocentrotus purpuratus | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Chronic Macrocystis pyrifera | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Static 48Hr Chronic Mytilis Species | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Holmesimysis costata | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 20Min Chronic Strongyl. purpuratus | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Enterococci | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, total general | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chronic Mthd, Survival Endpt %Effect, Growth Endpt Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, StatR7d A affinis | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chronic Mthd Larval Development Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Static48hr Mytilus spp | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chronic Mthd Fertilization Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Static40min S purpuratus | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chronic Mthd Fertilization Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Static40min D excentricus | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chronic Mthd Germination Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Static48hr M pyrifera | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chronic Mthd Germ Tube Length Endpt, %Effect, Median TSTcHo R/nR Pass/Fail, Static48hr M pyrifera | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], sum of Aroclors and Congeners | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Endrin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenols, chlorinated | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclohexane, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated | 1 | 1 | 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 CA0025151.
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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