Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0048160
GOLETA SD WRRF, Goleta, CA: NPDES CA0048160 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 125Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 25Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GOLETA SD WRRF, held by GOLETA SANITARY DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit CA0048160, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued May 13, 2010 and expiring September 1, 2015. 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 | GOLETA SD WRRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GOLETA SANITARY DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | CA0048160 |
| 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 | May 13, 2010 |
| Expiration date | September 1, 2015 |
| Address | Goleta, CA 93117 |
| Receiving water | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| Subwatershed | San Pedro Creek (HUC 180600130202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 131Pollutants on file
- 125Under a numeric limit
- 127With a violation of any kind
- 25With 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 131 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, total general | 2 | 9 | 9 | March 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 13 | 8 | December 31, 1999 | 713% over the limit |
| 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine | 2 | 13 | 8 | December 31, 1999 | 4,920% over the limit |
| Benzidine | 2 | 13 | 8 | December 31, 1999 | 89,182% over the limit |
| Aldrin | 2 | 13 | 8 | December 31, 1999 | 22,040% over the limit |
| Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites] | 2 | 13 | 8 | December 31, 1999 | 70,571% over the limit |
| DDT/DDD/DDE, sum of p,p' & o,p' isomers | 2 | 13 | 8 | December 31, 1999 | 3,728% over the limit |
| Toxaphene | 2 | 13 | 8 | December 31, 1999 | 94,445% over the limit |
| Hexachlorobenzene | 2 | 13 | 8 | December 31, 1999 | 66,916% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 2 | 8 | 8 | July 31, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Dieldrin | 2 | 12 | 7 | December 31, 1999 | 8,030% over the limit |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 2 | 9 | 7 | December 31, 1999 | 85,370% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 21 | 6 | December 31, 2023 | 1,227% over the limit |
| Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs] | 2 | 11 | 6 | December 31, 1998 | 2,678% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 18 | 5 | February 29, 2024 | 39% over the limit |
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 2 | 10 | 5 | December 31, 1999 | 442% over the limit |
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 2 | 9 | 4 | December 31, 1999 | 154% over the limit |
| Endrin | 4 | 9 | 2 | December 31, 1996 | 63% over the limit |
| TCDD equivalents | 2 | 8 | 2 | December 31, 1996 | 129% over the limit |
| Heptachlor | 2 | 7 | 2 | December 31, 1996 | 577% over the limit |
| Hexachlorocyclohexane, total | 4 | 8 | 1 | December 31, 1996 | 22% over the limit |
| Dibromochloromethane | 2 | 6 | 1 | December 31, 2015 | 1,915% over the limit |
| Chloroform | 2 | 6 | 1 | December 31, 2015 | 196% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 5 | 1 | July 31, 2006 | 92% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 1997 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 7 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan, total | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Phenols, chlorinated | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total recoverable | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Rainfall | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Radioactivity | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Tributyltin | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Endrin aldehyde | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 2 | 5 | 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 CA0048160.
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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