Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0037664
SOUTHEAST WPCP, NORTH POINT WWF, BAYSIDE WWF, San Francisco, CA: NPDES CA0037664 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 144Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTHEAST WPCP, NORTH POINT WWF, BAYSIDE WWF, held by SAN FRANCISCO, CITY & COUNTY, holds NPDES permit CA0037664, which discharges to Central Bay. EPA’s file records it issued January 30, 2008 and expiring March 31, 2013. 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 | SOUTHEAST WPCP, NORTH POINT WWF, BAYSIDE WWF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SAN FRANCISCO, CITY & COUNTY |
| NPDES ID | CA0037664 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 30, 2008 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2013 |
| Address | San Francisco, CA 94124 |
| Receiving water | CENTRAL BAY |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Angel Island-San Francisco Bay Estuaries (HUC 180500021001) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 153Pollutants on file
- 144Under a numeric limit
- 149With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 153 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Survival Flow Through 96Hr Acute Oncorhynchus mykiss | 5 | 144 | 120 | May 31, 2022 | 64% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 46 | 34 | February 28, 2025 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 11 | 11 | September 30, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 20 | 10 | September 30, 2023 | 264% over the limit |
| 4,4'-DDE | 1 | 11 | 10 | December 31, 2004 | 586% over the limit |
| Dieldrin | 1 | 11 | 10 | December 31, 2004 | 1,279% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 4 | 37 | 9 | November 30, 2012 | 99,999% over the limit |
| % Survival Flow Through 96Hr Acute Gasterosteus aculeatus | 0 | 6 | 6 | January 31, 2008 | 100% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 3 | 33 | 3 | July 31, 2019 | 40% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 8 | 27 | 1 | June 30, 2019 | 45% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2019 | 7% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2019 | 33% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 128 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 9 | 45 | 0 | ||
| %Surv Static 96Hr Acute Pimphales Promelas | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 25 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 11 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 7 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 5 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| %Surv Static 96Hr Acute Oncorhynchus Mykiss | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, dissolved reactive [drp as P] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 72Hr Chronic Strongyl. purpuratus | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal, colony forming units | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| TCDD equivalents | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Static 72Hr Chronic Dendraster excentricus | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 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 CA0037664.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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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