Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0006017
OXEA BAY CITY PLANT, Bay City, TX: NPDES TX0006017 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 86Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OXEA BAY CITY PLANT, held by OXEA CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit TX0006017, which discharges to Underground Pipe Colorado River. EPA’s file records it issued January 13, 2016 and expiring December 1, 2019. 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 filed | OXEA BAY CITY PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | OXEA CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | TX0006017 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 13, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 1, 2019 |
| Address | Bay City, TX 77414 |
| Receiving water | UNDERGROUND PIPE COLORADO RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Colorado River-Gulf of Mexico (HUC 120903020207) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 87Pollutants on file
- 86Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With an effluent exceedance
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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 87 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 10 | 9 | May 31, 2017 | 90% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 3 | 4 | 4 | May 31, 2024 | 195% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2003 | 2,400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 2 | July 31, 2001 | 95% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2003 | 10% over the limit |
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloroethane | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Chlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrotoluene | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0006017.
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.