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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0089125

MONT BELVIEU PLASTICS PLANT, Mont Belvieu, TX: NPDES TX0089125 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MONT BELVIEU PLASTICS PLANT, held by EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit TX0089125, which discharges to Cedar Bayou Above Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued July 2, 2019 and expiring July 2, 2024. 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 filedMONT BELVIEU PLASTICS PLANT
Permittee as filedEXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
NPDES IDTX0089125
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 2, 2019
Expiration dateJuly 2, 2024
AddressMont Belvieu, TX 77521
Receiving waterCEDAR BAYOU ABOVE TIDAL
SubwatershedEllis Branch-Cedar Bayou (HUC 120402030105)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 90 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2248September 30, 201746% over the limit
Whole effluent toxicity0146March 31, 201899,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2193April 30, 2021204% over the limit
pH2182January 31, 2014
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1102July 31, 200938% over the limit
Oil & Grease2171May 31, 20028% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2171January 31, 20021% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved2171February 28, 20034% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0131July 31, 200046% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]251February 28, 2013174% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]2180
Sulfate, total [as SO4]2170
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia0130
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia0120
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas0120
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia0120
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas0120
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia0110
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas0110
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia0110
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas0110
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas0110
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia0100
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas0100
1,2-Dichloroethane240
1,1-Dichloroethylene240
1,1,1-Trichloroethane240
1,1,2-Trichloroethane240
Benzo[a]anthracene240
1,2-Dichlorobenzene240
1,2-Dichloropropane240
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene240
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex130
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas130
Carbon tetrachloride220
Chloroform220
Toluene220
Benzene220
Acenaphthylene220
Acenaphthene220
Acrylonitrile220
Anthracene220
Benzo[b]fluoranthene220
Benzo[k]fluoranthene220
Benzo[a]pyrene220
Chlorobenzene220
Chrysene220
Diethyl phthalate220
Dimethyl phthalate220
Ethylbenzene220
Fluoranthene220
Fluorene220
Hexachlorobutadiene220
Hexachloroethane220
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]220
Methylene chloride220
Nitrobenzene220
Phenanthrene220
Pyrene220
Tetrachloroethylene220

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 22, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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.