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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FB97

MCA LA PORTE SITE, La Porte, TX: NPDES TXR05FB97 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MCA LA PORTE SITE, held by Mitsubishi Chemical America, Inc., holds NPDES permit TXR05FB97. EPA’s file records it issued December 6, 2021 and expiring August 13, 2026. 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.

What the register holds for MCA LA PORTE SITE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in La Porte, Texas, and 12 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05FB97.

Identity

Facility as filedMCA LA PORTE SITE
Permittee as filedMitsubishi Chemical America, Inc.
NPDES IDTXR05FB97
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 6, 2021
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressLa Porte, TX 77571
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGoose Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120401040706)

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
Zinc, total [as Zn]1000
Arsenic, total [as As]500
Barium, total [as Ba]500
Cadmium, total [as Cd]500
Chromium, total [as Cr]500
Copper, total [as Cu]500
Lead, total [as Pb]500
Manganese, total [as Mn]500
Nickel, total [as Ni]500
Silver, total [as Ag]500
Selenium, total [as Se]500
Mercury, total [as Hg]500

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05FB97.

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 TXR05FB97.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.