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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GMG290379

TEXAS STANDARD OIL OPERATING COMPANY, Bellaire, TX: NPDES GMG290379 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TEXAS STANDARD OIL OPERATING COMPANY holds NPDES permit GMG290379. 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 filedTEXAS STANDARD OIL OPERATING COMPANY
Permittee as filedTEXAS STANDARD OIL OPERATING COMPANY
NPDES IDGMG290379
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
AddressBellaire, TX 77401
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, OCS240
Drilling fluid, toxicity240
Well fluids, oil & grease240
Whole effluent toxicity240
Produced water, oil and grease240
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopis bahia)240
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia240
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)240
Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia240
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)240
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia240
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)240
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia240
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)240
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia240
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)240
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia240
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)240
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia240
Drilling fluid, end of well, 96-hr LC50120
Flow120
Cadmium [Cd], in barite, dry weight120
Mercury [Hg], in barite, dry weight120
Produced water, free oil120
Drilling fluids, free oil120
Drilling fluids, discharge rate120
Drill cuttings, free oil120
Deck drainage, free oil120
Produced water, flow120
Well fluids, free oil120
Sanitary waste, residual chlorine120
Sanitary waste, solids120
Domestic waste, foam and floating solids120
Maintenance Waste: Do you have a BMP?120
Maintenance Waste: Are you using a BMP?120
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)120
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia120
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)120
Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Menidia menidia120

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES GMG290379.

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 GMG290379.

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.