Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0052825
ARKEMA BEAUMONT PLANT, Beaumont, TX: NPDES TX0052825 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ARKEMA BEAUMONT PLANT, held by ARKEMA INC., holds NPDES permit TX0052825, which discharges to Directly Old River A Portion Ot Neches River Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2016 and expiring August 1, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ARKEMA BEAUMONT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ARKEMA INC. |
| NPDES ID | TX0052825 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | August 1, 2021 |
| Address | Beaumont, TX 77701 |
| Receiving water | DIRECTLY OLD RIVER A PORTION OT NECHES RIVER TIDAL |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Union Canal-Neches River (HUC 120200030406) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 8 | 4 | October 31, 2016 | 149% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 6 | 3 | August 31, 2018 | 35% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 12 | 2 | May 31, 2018 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 18, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| June 8, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| April 4, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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 15, 2026.