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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GMG290243

TARPON OPER. & DEVELOP. LLC, Houston, TX: NPDES GMG290243 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TARPON OPER. & DEVELOP. LLC holds NPDES permit GMG290243. 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 filedTARPON OPER. & DEVELOP. LLC
Permittee as filedTARPON OPER. & DEVELOP. LLC
NPDES IDGMG290243
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 77002
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedVince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703)

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 grease861111March 31, 2014141% over the limit
Deck drainage, free oil5861September 30, 20182,147,483,650% over the limit
Whole effluent toxicity406280
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)292200
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia292200
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)292200
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia292200
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)292200
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)292200
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia292200
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)292200
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia292200
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)292200
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia292200
Critical Dilution203140
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia292120
Misc. free oil in Western GOM, OCS172120
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)146100
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia146100
Well fluids, oil & grease11680
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopis bahia)11480
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia11480
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)11480
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia11480
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)11480
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia11480
Drilling fluid, toxicity10080
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine5850
Sanitary waste, solids5850
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids5850
Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight5050
Well fluids, free oil5840
Drilling fluid, end of well, 96-hr LC505040
Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight5040
Drilling fluids, free oil5040
Drilling fluids, discharge rate5040
Drill cuttings, free oil5040
Discharge drill cuttings, base fluids retained6600
Flow5700
Discharge drill cuttings, sediment toxicity4400
Discharge drill cuttings, formation oil4400
Produced water, free oil4300
Produced water, flow4300
Maintenance Waste: Do you have a BMP?4200
Maintenance Waste: Are you using a BMP?4200
Stock base fluid, PAH2200
Stock base fluid, sediment toxicity2200
Stock base fluid, biodegredation rate2200

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 GMG290243.

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.