Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0068934
BEAUMONT POLYETHYLENE PLANT, Beaumont, TX: NPDES TX0068934 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 86Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BEAUMONT POLYETHYLENE PLANT, held by EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit TX0068934, which discharges to Unnamed Ditch,Willow Marsh Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued May 9, 2016 and expiring July 1, 2020. 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 | BEAUMONT POLYETHYLENE PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | TX0068934 |
| 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 | May 9, 2016 |
| Expiration date | July 1, 2020 |
| Address | Beaumont, TX 77713 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED DITCH,WILLOW MARSH BAYOU |
| Subwatershed | Rock Creek-Black Creek (HUC 120200070302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 88Pollutants on file
- 86Under a numeric limit
- 83With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 88 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli | 4 | 17 | 15 | April 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 9 | 9 | February 28, 2023 | 157% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 9 | 9 | May 31, 2025 | 95% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 7 | 5 | December 31, 2023 | |
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 8 | 6 | 4 | August 31, 2007 | 2,400% over the limit |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 8 | 6 | 2 | August 31, 2007 | 2,400% over the limit |
| Hexachlorobenzene | 8 | 4 | 2 | August 31, 2007 | 4,900% over the limit |
| Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia | 0 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2024 | 40% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 4 | 1 | May 31, 2021 | 29% over the limit |
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 4 | 3 | 1 | August 31, 2005 | 117% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2016 | 200% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2004 | 11% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 1 | 1 | February 29, 2020 | 80% over the limit |
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 9 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 4 | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 18, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 8, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| December 3, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| May 16, 2019 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| June 28, 2017 | 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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