Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES PR0022004
EX-LAX INC, Humacao, PR: NPDES PR0022004 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EX-LAX INC holds NPDES permit PR0022004, which discharges to Qb Palmarejo. EPA’s file records it issued July 11, 2001 and expiring June 30, 2006. 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 filed | EX-LAX INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EX-LAX INC |
| NPDES ID | PR0022004 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 11, 2001 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2006 |
| Address | Humacao, PR 00791 |
| Receiving water | QB PALMAREJO |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Rio Humacao at mouth (HUC 210100050105) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 38 | 27 | October 31, 2015 | 1,168% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 16 | 6 | October 31, 2015 | 445% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 30 | 2 | July 31, 2006 | |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 13 | 1 | May 31, 1997 | 33% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Storm water flow | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 5 | 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 PR0022004.
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 15, 2026.