Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0084808
METTON AMERICA LA PORTE PLANT, La Porte, TX: NPDES TX0084808 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 62Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
METTON AMERICA LA PORTE PLANT, held by METTON AMERICA INC, holds NPDES permit TX0084808, which discharges to Phillips Ditch, Santa Anna Bayou;Hsc/San Jacinto R. EPA’s file records it issued September 6, 2018 and expiring September 6, 2023. 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 | METTON AMERICA LA PORTE PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | METTON AMERICA INC |
| NPDES ID | TX0084808 |
| 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 6, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 6, 2023 |
| Address | La Porte, TX 77571 |
| Receiving water | PHILLIPS DITCH, SANTA ANNA BAYOU;HSC/SAN JACINTO R |
| Subwatershed | Goose Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120401040706) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 63Pollutants on file
- 62Under a numeric limit
- 63With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 63 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 83 | 55 | September 30, 2020 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 10 | 6 | September 30, 2007 | 60% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 32 | 4 | August 31, 2008 | 44% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 25 | 4 | October 31, 2004 | 1,907% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 1 | 19 | 4 | August 31, 2017 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Hexachlorobenzene | 4 | 16 | 4 | August 31, 2018 | 580% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 7 | 4 | June 30, 2012 | 2% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 19 | 3 | December 31, 2011 | 133% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 14 | 3 | October 31, 2004 | 124% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 1 | 15 | 1 | July 31, 2008 | 492% over the limit |
| Trichloroethylene | 4 | 13 | 1 | August 31, 2010 | 67% over the limit |
| Di-n-butyl phthalate | 4 | 9 | 1 | August 31, 2025 | 35% over the limit |
| Acrylonitrile | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2-Nitrophenol | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 4-Nitrophenol | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1,3-Dichloropropylene | 4 | 8 | 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 TX0084808.
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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