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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GMG290385

GREAT BAY OPERATIONS, LLC, Portsmouth, NH: NPDES GMG290385 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GREAT BAY OPERATIONS, LLC holds NPDES permit GMG290385. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2017. 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 filedGREAT BAY OPERATIONS, LLC
Permittee as filedGREAT BAY OPERATIONS, LLC
NPDES IDGMG290385
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 28, 2012
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2017
AddressPortsmouth, NH 03801
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedPortsmouth Harbor (HUC 010600031001)

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
Whole effluent toxicity2040
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)1440
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia1440
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)1440
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia1440
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)1440
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia1440
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)1440
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia1440
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)1440
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia1440
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)1440
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia1440
Misc. free oil in Western GOM, OCS940
Drilling fluid, toxicity640
Well fluids, oil & grease640
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopis bahia)640
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia640
Produced water, oil and grease440
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)720
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia720
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)620
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia620
Drilling fluid, end of well, 96-hr LC50320
Flow320
Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight320
Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight320
Drilling fluids, free oil320
Drilling fluids, discharge rate320
Drill cuttings, free oil320
Deck drainage, free oil320
Well fluids, free oil320
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine320
Sanitary waste, solids320
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids320
Maintenance Waste: Do you have a BMP?320
Maintenance Waste: Are you using a BMP?320
Produced water, free oil220
Produced water, flow220
Critical Dilution1000
Discharge drill cuttings, base fluids retained600
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)600
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia600
Discharge drill cuttings, sediment toxicity400
Discharge drill cuttings, formation oil400
Stock base fluid, PAH200
Stock base fluid, sediment toxicity200
Stock base fluid, biodegredation rate200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GMG290385.

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 GMG290385.

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.