Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0008150
BATTLEGROUND CHLOR ALKALI PLANT, La Porte, TX: NPDES TX0008150 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BATTLEGROUND CHLOR ALKALI PLANT, held by OXY VINYLS, LP, holds NPDES permit TX0008150, which discharges to Seg 1005 San Jacinto River Basin. EPA’s file records it issued January 10, 2018 and expiring July 1, 2020. 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 | BATTLEGROUND CHLOR ALKALI PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | OXY VINYLS, LP |
| NPDES ID | TX0008150 |
| 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 10, 2018 |
| Expiration date | July 1, 2020 |
| Address | La Porte, TX 77571 |
| Receiving water | SEG 1005 SAN JACINTO RIVER BASIN |
| Subwatershed | Goose Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120401040706) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 39Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 34 | 6 | July 31, 2024 | |
| Enterococci | 4 | 6 | 4 | April 30, 2024 | 4,554% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 7 | 3 | November 30, 2020 | 129% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 20 | 2 | July 31, 2016 | 7% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 8 | 2 | August 31, 2015 | 562% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 6 | 19 | 1 | December 31, 2022 | 150% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 7 | 1 | March 31, 2015 | 30% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 7 | 1 | February 29, 2004 | 5% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (M. bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Low Flow Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina | 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 TX0008150.
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.