Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GMG290058
KERR-MCGEE OIL & GAS CORP., The Woodlands, TX: NPDES GMG290058 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 45Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KERR-MCGEE OIL & GAS CORP., held by KERR-MCGEE OIL & GAS CORP, holds NPDES permit GMG290058, which discharges to Gulf Of Mexico. EPA’s file records it issued June 7, 2007 and expiring September 30, 2012. 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 | KERR-MCGEE OIL & GAS CORP. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | KERR-MCGEE OIL & GAS CORP |
| NPDES ID | GMG290058 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 7, 2007 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2012 |
| Address | The Woodlands, TX 77380 |
| Receiving water | GULF OF MEXICO |
| Subwatershed | Panther Branch-Spring Creek (HUC 120401020212) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 45Pollutants on file
- 45Under a numeric limit
- 2With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Produced water, oil and grease | 870 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2009 | 567% over the limit |
| Well fluids, oil & grease | 870 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2009 | 1,031% over the limit |
| Misc. free oil in Western GOM, OCS | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drilling fluid, toxicity | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopis bahia) | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 870 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Discharge drill cuttings, base fluids retained | 534 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drilling fluid, end of well, 96-hr LC50 | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Produced water, free oil | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drilling fluids, free oil | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drilling fluids, discharge rate | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drill cuttings, free oil | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Deck drainage, free oil | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Produced water, flow | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Well fluids, free oil | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sanitary waste, residual chlorine | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sanitary waste, solids | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Domestic waste, foam and floating solids | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maintenance Waste: Do you have a BMP? | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maintenance Waste: Are you using a BMP? | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 435 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Discharge drill cuttings, sediment toxicity | 356 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Discharge drill cuttings, formation oil | 356 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stock base fluid, PAH | 178 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stock base fluid, sediment toxicity | 178 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stock base fluid, biodegredation rate | 178 | 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 GMG290058.
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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