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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CAF000006

PLATFORM HARMONY, Pacific Ocean, CA: NPDES CAF000006 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PLATFORM HARMONY, held by EXXON MOBIL PLATFORM HARMONY - CAG280000, holds NPDES permit CAF000006, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued September 15, 2004 and expiring November 30, 2009. 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 filedPLATFORM HARMONY
Permittee as filedEXXON MOBIL PLATFORM HARMONY - CAG280000
NPDES IDCAF000006
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 15, 2004
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2009
AddressPacific Ocean, CA 93013
Receiving waterPACIFIC OCEAN

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Oil and grease, hexane extr method21610February 29, 2024305% over the limit
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine251February 29, 2016100% over the limit
Flow8160
Well fluids, oil & grease240
Drilling fluids, volume240
Drill cuttings, free oil240
Drilling cuttings, volume240
Well fluids, volume240
LC50 Static 96Hr Acute Mysid. Bahia320
Produced water, flow220
Number of Events120
Flow rate, deck drainage120
Flow rate, domestic120
Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight120
Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight120
Drilling fluids, free oil120
Well fluids, free oil120
Sanitary waste, flow120
Chlorine addition rate120
Floating solids or visible foam-visual/days1700
Free Oil Visual Sheen1200
Oil based fluids, non-aqueous based drilling fluids and cuttings100
Sanitary waste, solids100
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids100

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 CAF000006.

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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Nearby on the register

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