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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GMG290633

NOBLE ENERGY, INC. DECOMMISSIONING, Covington, LA: NPDES GMG290633 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NOBLE ENERGY, INC. DECOMMISSIONING, held by Noble Energy, Inc. Decommissioning, holds NPDES permit GMG290633. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2024 and expiring May 10, 2028. 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.

What the register holds for NOBLE ENERGY, INC. DECOMMISSIONING: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Covington, Louisiana, and 33 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES GMG290633.

Identity

Facility as filedNOBLE ENERGY, INC. DECOMMISSIONING
Permittee as filedNoble Energy, Inc. Decommissioning
NPDES IDGMG290633
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 1, 2024
Expiration dateMay 10, 2028
Issuing agencyU.S. EPA
AddressCovington, LA 70433

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
Critical Dilution4600
Flow2400
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - M. beryllina1800
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)1800
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)1700
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina1700
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)1700
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina1700
Misc. free oil in Western GOM, OCS1200
Well fluids, oil & grease1200
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)1200
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia beryllina1200
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)1100
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina1100
Miscellaneous Discharge Toxicity [Subsea Discharges] [Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)]600
Miscellaneous Discharge Toxicity [Subsea Discharges] [Menidia beryllina]600
Miscellaneous Discharges [Pipeline Brine] [Free Oil]600
Miscellaneous Discharges [Pipeline Brine] [Oil & Grease]600
Deck drainage, free oil600
Well fluids, free oil600
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)600
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina600
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)600
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina600
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)600
LOEC Sub-Lethal Growth Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina600
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)500
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina500
Sanitary Waste Inspection400
Sanitary Waste Inspection Conducted400
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine400
Sanitary waste, solids400
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids400

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GMG290633.

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 GMG290633.

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