Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0047996
CARMEL AREA WWTP, Monterey County, CA: NPDES CA0047996 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 136Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 17Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARMEL AREA WWTP, held by CARMEL AREA WWD & PEBBLE BEACH, holds NPDES permit CA0047996, which discharges to Pacific Ocean At Carmel Bay. EPA’s file records it issued March 20, 2008 and expiring April 30, 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 | CARMEL AREA WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CARMEL AREA WWD & PEBBLE BEACH |
| NPDES ID | CA0047996 |
| 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 | March 20, 2008 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2013 |
| Address | Monterey County, CA 93922 |
| Receiving water | PACIFIC OCEAN AT CARMEL BAY |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 140Pollutants on file
- 136Under a numeric limit
- 140With a violation of any kind
- 17With 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 140 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 27 | 16 | October 31, 2025 | 107% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 17 | 9 | October 31, 2024 | 917% over the limit |
| Tributyltin | 2 | 7 | 3 | March 31, 2026 | 5,371% over the limit |
| Hexachlorobenzene | 2 | 7 | 3 | March 31, 2026 | 1,856% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 6 | 3 | October 31, 2017 | 133% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 14 | 2 | November 30, 2024 | 1,614% over the limit |
| Benzidine | 2 | 6 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 11,848% over the limit |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 2 | 6 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 10,711% over the limit |
| DDT/DDD/DDE, sum of p,p' & o,p' isomers | 2 | 4 | 2 | January 31, 2020 | 131% over the limit |
| TU Static 72Hr Chronic Strongyl. purpuratus | 0 | 4 | 2 | September 30, 2020 | 297% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 12 | 1 | May 31, 2009 | 51% over the limit |
| N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine | 2 | 5 | 1 | September 30, 2015 | 509% over the limit |
| Aldrin | 2 | 5 | 1 | September 30, 2025 | 41,050% over the limit |
| Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites] | 2 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | 1,686% over the limit |
| Toxaphene | 2 | 5 | 1 | March 31, 2026 | 880% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | October 31, 2019 | |
| Coliform, total general | 2 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclohexane, total | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan, total | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Endrin | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phenols, chlorinated | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichloropropene | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 2 | 4 | 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 CA0047996.
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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