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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0056464

OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC., Vernon, CA: NPDES CA0056464 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC., held by Owens-Brockway Glass Container, holds NPDES permit CA0056464, which discharges to Los Angeles River. EPA’s file records it issued June 3, 2010 and expiring May 10, 2015. 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 filedOWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC.
Permittee as filedOwens-Brockway Glass Container
NPDES IDCA0056464
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJune 3, 2010
Expiration dateMay 10, 2015
AddressVernon, CA 90058
Receiving waterLOS ANGELES RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedChavez Ravine-Los Angeles River (HUC 180701050401)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 166 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Zinc, total recoverable148066February 29, 20242,669% over the limit
Selenium, total recoverable65854February 29, 202448,900% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable186551March 31, 2022686% over the limit
E. coli24236December 31, 20217,202% over the limit
Solids, total suspended124036December 31, 2021900% over the limit
pH63026December 31, 2021
Lead, total recoverable183925January 31, 2018743% over the limit
Turbidity52321December 31, 2021
Cadmium, total recoverable143420December 31, 20141,733% over the limit
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]102816October 31, 202118,233% over the limit
Arsenic, total recoverable61612December 31, 20141,000% over the limit
TCDD equivalents1099December 31, 20242,147,483,650% over the limit
%Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia077December 31, 2024100% over the limit
Fluoride, total [as F]6126December 31, 2014150% over the limit
Thallium, total recoverable10104December 31, 201931,340% over the limit
Pentachlorophenol6104December 31, 2021230% over the limit
Solids, settleable5103December 31, 20212,067% over the limit
Sulfate, total [as SO4]673February 28, 2014103% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved662November 30, 201240% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]10231October 31, 202116% over the limit
Sulfide, total [as S]6231January 31, 201211,900% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]671November 30, 2012140% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1051March 31, 20213% over the limit
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]651November 30, 20124% over the limit
Chromium, total recoverable651February 28, 2014440% over the limit
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]0220
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], sum of Aroclors0220
tert-Butyl alcohol [TBA]0200
Oil and grease12180
Silver total recoverable6120
Phenols6120
Mercury, total recoverable6120
Methyl ethyl ketone6100
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Gasoline070
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]1060
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Waste Oil050
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]640
Chloride [as Cl]640
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]640
Nickel, total recoverable640
Antimony, total recoverable640
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant540
Coliform, fecal general230
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit320
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]320
Specific conductance020
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]020
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Diesel020
%Effect Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata020
%Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas020
Pass/Fail Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata020
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas020
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]600
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]600
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol600
Dichlorobromomethane600
Carbon tetrachloride600
1,2-Dichloroethane600
Bromoform600
Dibromochloromethane600

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES CA0056464.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.