Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0000353
HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, Mayaguez, PR: NPDES PR0000353 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, held by Heritage Environmental Services, holds NPDES permit PR0000353, which discharges to R Gnd De Arecibo. EPA’s file records it issued April 27, 2006 and expiring May 31, 2011. 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 filed | HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Heritage Environmental Services |
| NPDES ID | PR0000353 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 27, 2006 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2011 |
| Address | Mayaguez, PR 00680 |
| Receiving water | R GND DE ARECIBO |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Coastal Watersheds of Rio Grande de Anasco mouth (HUC 210100030215) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 1With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 14 | 1 | April 30, 2003 | 77% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 43 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES PR0000353.
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 14, 2026.