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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NJG225720

FORMER HESS PORT READING COMPLEX, Woodbridge Twp, NJ: NPDES NJG225720 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FORMER HESS PORT READING COMPLEX, held by HESS CORP, holds NPDES permit NJG225720. EPA’s file records it issued December 28, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023. 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 filedFORMER HESS PORT READING COMPLEX
Permittee as filedHESS CORP
NPDES IDNJG225720
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
IssuedDecember 28, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2023
AddressWoodbridge Twp, NJ 07064
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedWoodbridge Creek-Arthur Kill (HUC 020301040201)

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
Nickel, total recoverable222February 28, 2017246% over the limit
pH211December 31, 2024
Solids, total suspended211January 31, 2024135% over the limit
tert-Butyl alcohol [TBA]300
Hydrocarbons, in H2O, IR, CC14 extractible chromatograph200
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]200
Cyanide, total [as CN]200
Iron, total recoverable200
Zinc, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]200
Chloroform200
Benzene200
Naphthalene200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant200
IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)200

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 NJG225720.

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 14, 2026.