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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0118427

HATCHERVILLE PLANT, Mont Belvieu, TX: NPDES TX0118427 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HATCHERVILLE PLANT, held by CHEMICALS INCORPORATED, holds NPDES permit TX0118427, which discharges to Cedar Bayou Above Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued February 26, 2020 and expiring February 26, 2025. 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 filedHATCHERVILLE PLANT
Permittee as filedCHEMICALS INCORPORATED
NPDES IDTX0118427
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 26, 2020
Expiration dateFebruary 26, 2025
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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Copper, total [as Cu]22310October 31, 2023950% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]1159November 30, 2023152% over the limit
Mercury, total [as Hg]2164November 30, 2006285% over the limit
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]2162September 30, 20148% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2151June 30, 20083,806,900% over the limit
Selenium, total [as Se]2131December 31, 200819% over the limit
Oil & Grease171December 31, 2012125% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]431February 29, 2016272% over the limit
E. coli2180
pH2170
Silver, total [as Ag]2130
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0100
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]420
Coliform, fecal general020
Zinc, total [as Zn]110

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0118427.

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 14, 2026.