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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GMG290073

APACHE CORPORATION, Houston, TX: NPDES GMG290073 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

APACHE CORPORATION holds NPDES permit GMG290073, which discharges to Gulf Of Mexico. 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 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedAPACHE CORPORATION
Permittee as filedAPACHE CORPORATION
NPDES IDGMG290073
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
AddressHouston, TX 77056
Receiving waterGULF OF MEXICO
SubwatershedCity of Houston-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040305)

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
Produced water, oil and grease1,7481715December 31, 201386% over the limit
Whole effluent toxicity8,002360
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia5,840340
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia5,840340
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia5,840340
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia5,840340
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia5,840340
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia5,840340
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)5,840320
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)5,840320
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)5,840320
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)5,840320
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)5,840320
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)5,840320
Critical Dilution4,001180
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia2,920170
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)2,920160
Misc. free oil in Western GOM, OCS3,334140
Deck drainage, free oil1,177110
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine1,177110
Sanitary waste, solids1,177110
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids1,177110
Cooling Water Intake Velocity1590
Well fluids, oil & grease2,17040
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopis bahia)2,16240
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia2,16240
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)2,16240
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia2,16240
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)2,16240
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia2,16240
Discharge drill cuttings, base fluids retained61830
Screen Area Blockage530
Intake Velocity Excusions530
Fish/Shellfish Impinged530
Cooling Water Baseline Study530
Cooling Water Entrainment Monitoring Study530
Cooling Water Intake Inspection530
Well fluids, free oil1,08520
Flow1,08120
Drilling fluid, toxicity42420
Discharge drill cuttings, sediment toxicity41220
Discharge drill cuttings, formation oil41220
Maintenance Waste: Do you have a BMP?88310
Maintenance Waste: Are you using a BMP?88310
Produced water, free oil87410
Produced water, flow87410
Drilling fluid, end of well, 96-hr LC5021210
Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight21210
Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight21210
Drilling fluids, free oil21210
Drilling fluids, discharge rate21210
Drill cuttings, free oil21210
Stock base fluid, PAH20610
Stock base fluid, sediment toxicity20610
Stock base fluid, biodegredation rate20610

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 GMG290073.

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.