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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GMG290330

PHOENIX EXPLORATION CO LP, Houston, TX: NPDES GMG290330 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PHOENIX EXPLORATION CO LP holds NPDES permit GMG290330. 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 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedPHOENIX EXPLORATION CO LP
Permittee as filedPHOENIX EXPLORATION CO LP
NPDES IDGMG290330
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
IssuedJune 7, 2007
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2012
AddressHouston, TX 77056
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
Drilling fluid, toxicity6822September 30, 200799,999% over the limit
Drilling fluid, end of well, 96-hr LC503411September 30, 200799,999% over the limit
Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight3411September 30, 200775% over the limit
Misc. free oil in Western GOM, OCS6800
Well fluids, oil & grease6800
Whole effluent toxicity6800
Produced water, oil and grease6800
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopis bahia)6800
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia6800
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)6800
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia6800
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)6800
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia6800
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)6800
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia6800
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)6800
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia6800
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)6800
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia6800
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)6800
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia6800
Flow3400
Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight3400
Produced water, free oil3400
Drilling fluids, free oil3400
Drilling fluids, discharge rate3400
Drill cuttings, free oil3400
Deck drainage, free oil3400
Produced water, flow3400
Well fluids, free oil3400
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine3400
Sanitary waste, solids3400
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids3400
Maintenance Waste: Do you have a BMP?3400
Maintenance Waste: Are you using a BMP?3400
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)3400
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia3400
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)3400
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia3400

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 GMG290330.

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.