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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GMG290377

NORTHSTAR OFFSHORE ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC, Houston, TX: NPDES GMG290377 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORTHSTAR OFFSHORE ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC holds NPDES permit GMG290377. 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 filedNORTHSTAR OFFSHORE ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC
Permittee as filedNORTHSTAR OFFSHORE ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC
NPDES IDGMG290377
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 77046
SubwatershedCountry Club Bayou-Brays Bayou (HUC 120401040403)

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
Misc. free oil in Western GOM, OCS10180
Drilling fluid, toxicity10180
Well fluids, oil & grease10180
Whole effluent toxicity10180
Produced water, oil and grease10180
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopis bahia)10180
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia10180
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)10180
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia10180
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)10180
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia10180
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)10180
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia10180
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)10180
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia10180
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)10180
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia10180
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)10180
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia10180
Drilling fluid, end of well, 96-hr LC50590
Flow590
Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight590
Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight590
Produced water, free oil590
Drilling fluids, free oil590
Drilling fluids, discharge rate590
Drill cuttings, free oil590
Deck drainage, free oil590
Produced water, flow590
Well fluids, free oil590
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine590
Sanitary waste, solids590
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids590
Maintenance Waste: Do you have a BMP?590
Maintenance Waste: Are you using a BMP?590
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)590
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia590
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)590
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia590

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GMG290377.

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 GMG290377.

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.