Galveston Bay Petrochemical

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Texas City, TX · Galveston County · Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325190)

1 · Permit Profile

Permit Type

TPDES Wastewater

Permit Number

WQ0003344-000

Regulatory Agency

TCEQ

Issued

Jan 10, 2022

Expires

Jan 9, 2027

Days Until Expiration

267 days

2 · Obligation Burden

By obligation type

Monitoring38

Reporting26

Recordkeeping22

Notification11

Operational Limit9

Maintenance4

Other2

Total112

By frequency

Daily / Continuous9

Monthly / Quarterly44

Annual36

Event-Triggered23

Daily/continuous obligations represent the highest operational load — they require ongoing staffing or automated monitoring systems.

3 · Key Obligations

Obligation	Type	Frequency	Due Date Logic
Daily effluent pH monitoring at Outfall 001–003	Monitoring	Daily	Grab samples between 8–11 AM
Quarterly priority pollutant scan	Monitoring	Quarterly	Full 126-compound scan, Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct
Monthly DMR submission	Reporting	Monthly	NeT-DMR by 20th of following month
Accidental release notification	Notification	Event-triggered	Immediate phone call to TCEQ, written report within 5 days
Annual toxics reduction evaluation	Reporting	Annual	Submit to TCEQ by April 30
Bi-monthly cooling tower blowdown sampling	Monitoring	Bi-monthly	Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec
Annual operator certification verification	Recordkeeping	Annual	Verify all operators hold current TCEQ licenses
Quarterly outfall structure integrity inspection	Maintenance	Quarterly	Repair findings addressed within 30 days
Semi-annual sediment sampling in receiving water	Monitoring	Semi-annual	March and September, 500m downstream
Annual permit compliance self-audit	Reporting	Annual	Submit findings by February 28

Showing top 10 obligations by operational intensity. Source text from the permit document is not shown publicly.

4 · Operational Complexity

heavyOperational Complexity Tier

Galveston Bay Petrochemical carries a heavy operational compliance profile. Its 112 obligations include 38 monitoring requirements and 23 event-triggered notifications. Facilities at this complexity level generally require a structured compliance calendar and regular third-party review to stay current.

This view reflects the administrative complexity of the permit obligations found in the public permit document. It is not a compliance status or legal assessment. Obligation data is derived from publicly available permit documents processed through Indigoscale's extraction pipeline.

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Data derived from publicly available permit documents. ← Back to directory