Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0091855
STOLTHAVEN HOUSTON TERMINAL, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0091855 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 69Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STOLTHAVEN HOUSTON TERMINAL, held by STOLTHAVEN HOUSTON, INC., holds NPDES permit TX0091855, which discharges to Tx. EPA’s file records it issued October 11, 2018 and expiring October 11, 2023. 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 | STOLTHAVEN HOUSTON TERMINAL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | STOLTHAVEN HOUSTON, INC. |
| NPDES ID | TX0091855 |
| 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 | October 11, 2018 |
| Expiration date | October 11, 2023 |
| Address | Houston, TX 77015 |
| Receiving water | TX |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 70Pollutants on file
- 69Under a numeric limit
- 66With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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 70 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 47 | 34 | May 31, 2016 | 765% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 17 | 13 | February 28, 2025 | 481% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 12 | 8 | September 30, 2017 | 10% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 10 | 8 | September 30, 2018 | 462% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 12 | 16 | 7 | September 30, 2025 | 607% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 8 | 6 | February 28, 2010 | 27% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 4 | 6 | 5 | April 30, 2019 | 182% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 8 | 4 | September 30, 2010 | 32% over the limit |
| Phenol | 6 | 12 | 2 | October 31, 2004 | 163% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 11 | 11 | 2 | July 31, 2022 | 151% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 10 | 2 | August 31, 2019 | 488% over the limit |
| Dichlorobenzene | 4 | 17 | 1 | November 30, 2011 | 77% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 11 | 1 | October 31, 2020 | 38% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 5 | 1 | September 30, 2016 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2020 | 14% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free [as free] | 0 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2025 | 13% over the limit |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Halogen, total organic | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Tin, total [as Sn] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| o-Cresol | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pyridine | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| p-Cresol | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| n-Decane | 6 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0091855.
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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