BRASKEM AMERICA INC

NPDES permit TX0074276 · Major NON-POTW · effective, expires 2029-08-21 · EPA's file as of 2026-09-19

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EPA's record, 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31

8values over a limit
5required values missing, on 3 form(s)
1of 65 forms filed late

Last period with anything received: 2026-08-31. Most often over: Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) (4), Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] (2), pH (2).

Reporting

Reports are due about 20 days after each monitoring period ends (read off this permit's own late-day counts in EPA's filings).

Limits in force (200)

OutfallParameterStatisticLimitMonths
001Temperature, water deg. fahrenheitDAILY MX <= 95 deg F all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CDAILY AV <= 117 lb/d all year
001BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CDAILY MX <= 286 lb/d all year
001pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
001pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
001Solids, total suspendedDAILY AV <= 205 lb/d all year
001Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX <= 570 lb/d all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]DAILY AV <= .0197 mg/L all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]DAILY MX <= .0417 mg/L all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]DAILY AV <= .15 lb/d all year
001Copper, total [as Cu]DAILY MX <= .32 lb/d all year
001Lead, total [as Pb]DAILY AV <= .0677 mg/L all year
001Lead, total [as Pb]DAILY MX <= .143 mg/L all year
001Lead, total [as Pb]DAILY AV <= .4 lb/d all year
001Lead, total [as Pb]DAILY MX <= .85 lb/d all year
001Aluminum, total [as Al]DAILY AV <= .835 mg/L all year
001Aluminum, total [as Al]DAILY MX <= 1.766 mg/L all year
001Carbon tetrachlorideDAILY AV <= .033 lb/d all year
001Carbon tetrachlorideDAILY MX <= .069 lb/d all year
0011,2-DichloroethaneDAILY AV <= .123 lb/d all year
0011,2-DichloroethaneDAILY MX <= .382 lb/d all year
001ChloroformDAILY AV <= .038 lb/d all year
001ChloroformDAILY MX <= .083 lb/d all year
001TolueneDAILY AV <= .047 lb/d all year
001TolueneDAILY MX <= .145 lb/d all year
001BenzeneDAILY AV <= .067 lb/d all year
001BenzeneDAILY MX <= .246 lb/d all year
001AcenaphthyleneDAILY AV <= .04 lb/d all year
001AcenaphthyleneDAILY MX <= .107 lb/d all year
001AcenaphtheneDAILY AV <= .04 lb/d all year
001AcenaphtheneDAILY MX <= .107 lb/d all year
001AcrylonitrileDAILY AV <= .0288 mg/L all year
001AcrylonitrileDAILY MX <= .061 mg/L all year
001AcrylonitrileDAILY AV <= .174 lb/d all year
001AcrylonitrileDAILY MX <= .438 lb/d all year
001AnthraceneDAILY AV <= .04 lb/d all year
001AnthraceneDAILY MX <= .107 lb/d all year
001Benzo[k]fluorantheneDAILY AV <= .04 lb/d all year
001Benzo[k]fluorantheneDAILY MX <= .107 lb/d all year
001Benzo[a]pyreneDAILY AV <= .0025 mg/L all year
001Benzo[a]pyreneDAILY MX <= .0053 mg/L all year
001Benzo[a]pyreneDAILY AV <= .024 lb/d all year
001Benzo[a]pyreneDAILY MX <= .05 lb/d all year
001ChlorobenzeneDAILY AV <= .027 lb/d all year
001ChlorobenzeneDAILY MX <= .051 lb/d all year
001ChryseneDAILY AV <= .04 lb/d all year
001ChryseneDAILY MX <= .107 lb/d all year
001Diethyl phthalateDAILY AV <= .147 lb/d all year
001Diethyl phthalateDAILY MX <= .368 lb/d all year
001Dimethyl phthalateDAILY AV <= .034 lb/d all year
001Dimethyl phthalateDAILY MX <= .085 lb/d all year
001EthylbenzeneDAILY AV <= .058 lb/d all year
001EthylbenzeneDAILY MX <= .196 lb/d all year
001FluorantheneDAILY AV <= .045 lb/d all year
001FluorantheneDAILY MX <= .123 lb/d all year
001FluoreneDAILY AV <= .04 lb/d all year
001FluoreneDAILY MX <= .107 lb/d all year
001HexachlorobutadieneDAILY AV <= .036 lb/d all year
001HexachlorobutadieneDAILY MX <= .089 lb/d all year
001HexachloroethaneDAILY AV <= .038 lb/d all year
001HexachloroethaneDAILY MX <= .098 lb/d all year
001Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]DAILY AV <= .156 lb/d all year
001Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]DAILY MX <= .344 lb/d all year
001Methylene chlorideDAILY AV <= .072 lb/d all year
001Methylene chlorideDAILY MX <= .161 lb/d all year
001NitrobenzeneDAILY AV <= .049 lb/d all year
001NitrobenzeneDAILY MX <= .123 lb/d all year
001PhenanthreneDAILY AV <= .04 lb/d all year
001PhenanthreneDAILY MX <= .09 lb/d all year
001PyreneDAILY AV <= .045 lb/d all year
001PyreneDAILY MX <= .121 lb/d all year
001TetrachloroethyleneDAILY AV <= .04 lb/d all year
001TetrachloroethyleneDAILY MX <= .101 lb/d all year
0011,1-DichloroethaneDAILY AV <= .04 lb/d all year
0011,1-DichloroethaneDAILY MX <= .107 lb/d all year
0011,1-DichloroethyleneDAILY AV <= .029 lb/d all year
0011,1-DichloroethyleneDAILY MX <= .045 lb/d all year
0011,1,1-TrichloroethaneDAILY AV <= .038 lb/d all year
0011,1,1-TrichloroethaneDAILY MX <= .098 lb/d all year
0011,1,2-TrichloroethaneDAILY AV <= .038 lb/d all year
0011,1,2-TrichloroethaneDAILY MX <= .098 lb/d all year
001Benzo[a]anthraceneDAILY AV <= .0025 mg/L all year
001Benzo[a]anthraceneDAILY MX <= .0053 mg/L all year
001Benzo[a]anthraceneDAILY AV <= .024 lb/d all year
001Benzo[a]anthraceneDAILY MX <= .05 lb/d all year
0011,2-DichlorobenzeneDAILY AV <= .139 lb/d all year
0011,2-DichlorobenzeneDAILY MX <= .295 lb/d all year
0011,2-DichloropropaneDAILY AV <= .277 lb/d all year
0011,2-DichloropropaneDAILY MX <= .416 lb/d all year
001trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneDAILY AV <= .038 lb/d all year
001trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneDAILY MX <= .098 lb/d all year
0011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneDAILY AV <= .123 lb/d all year
0011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneDAILY MX <= .254 lb/d all year
0011,3-DichlorobenzeneDAILY AV <= .056 lb/d all year
0011,3-DichlorobenzeneDAILY MX <= .08 lb/d all year
0011,4-DichlorobenzeneDAILY AV <= .027 lb/d all year
0011,4-DichlorobenzeneDAILY MX <= .051 lb/d all year
0012-ChlorophenolDAILY AV <= .056 lb/d all year
0012-ChlorophenolDAILY MX <= .177 lb/d all year
0012-NitrophenolDAILY AV <= .074 lb/d all year
0012-NitrophenolDAILY MX <= .125 lb/d all year
0012,4-DichlorophenolDAILY AV <= .071 lb/d all year
0012,4-DichlorophenolDAILY MX <= .203 lb/d all year
0012,4-DimethylphenolDAILY AV <= .033 lb/d all year
0012,4-DimethylphenolDAILY MX <= .065 lb/d all year
0012,4-DinitrotolueneDAILY AV <= .205 lb/d all year
0012,4-DinitrotolueneDAILY MX <= .516 lb/d all year
0012,4-DinitrophenolDAILY AV <= .129 lb/d all year
0012,4-DinitrophenolDAILY MX <= .223 lb/d all year
0012,6-DinitrotolueneDAILY AV <= .462 lb/d all year
0012,6-DinitrotolueneDAILY MX <= 1.161 lb/d all year
0014-NitrophenolDAILY AV <= .13 lb/d all year
0014-NitrophenolDAILY MX <= .225 lb/d all year
0014,6-Dinitro-o-cresolDAILY AV <= .141 lb/d all year
0014,6-Dinitro-o-cresolDAILY MX <= .502 lb/d all year
001PhenolDAILY AV <= .027 lb/d all year
001PhenolDAILY MX <= .047 lb/d all year
001NaphthaleneDAILY AV <= .04 lb/d all year
001NaphthaleneDAILY MX <= .107 lb/d all year
001Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]DAILY AV <= .187 lb/d all year
001Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]DAILY MX <= .505 lb/d all year
001Di-n-butyl phthalateDAILY AV <= .049 lb/d all year
001Di-n-butyl phthalateDAILY MX <= .103 lb/d all year
001Vinyl chlorideDAILY AV <= .188 lb/d all year
001Vinyl chlorideDAILY MX <= .485 lb/d all year
001TrichloroethyleneDAILY AV <= .038 lb/d all year
001TrichloroethyleneDAILY MX <= .098 lb/d all year
001HexachlorobenzeneDAILY AV <= .00003 mg/L all year
001HexachlorobenzeneDAILY MX <= .00007 mg/L all year
001HexachlorobenzeneDAILY AV <= .0006 lb/d all year
001HexachlorobenzeneDAILY MX <= .0012 lb/d all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY AV <= .85 MGD all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX <= 1.3 MGD all year
0011,3-DichloropropyleneDAILY AV <= .053 lb/d all year
0011,3-DichloropropyleneDAILY MX <= .08 lb/d all year
0013,4-BenzofluorantheneDAILY AV <= .042 lb/d all year
0013,4-BenzofluorantheneDAILY MX <= .11 lb/d all year
001ChloroethaneDAILY AV <= .188 lb/d all year
001ChloroethaneDAILY MX <= .485 lb/d all year
002Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]DAILY MX <= 150 mg/L all year
002pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
002pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
002Oil & GreaseDAILY MX <= 15 mg/L all year
002Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY AV report only all year
002Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX report only all year
003Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]DAILY MX <= 150 mg/L all year
003pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
003pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
003Oil & GreaseDAILY MX <= 15 mg/L all year
003Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY AV report only all year
003Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX report only all year
004Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]DAILY MX <= 150 mg/L all year
004pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
004pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
004Oil & GreaseDAILY MX <= 15 mg/L all year
004Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY AV report only all year
004Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX report only all year
101BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. CDAILY MX <= 65 mg/L all year
101pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
101pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
101Solids, total suspendedDAILY MX <= 65 mg/L all year
101Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY AV report only all year
101Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX report only all year
101Chlorine, total residualMO MIN >= 1 mg/L all year
101EnterococciDAILY AV <= 35 CFU/100mL all year
101EnterococciDAILY MX <= 104 CFU/100mL all year
TX1Whole effluent toxicity - retest #17 DA MIN report only all year
TX1Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1MO AV MN report only all year
TX1Whole effluent toxicity - retest #27 DA MIN report only all year
TX1Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2MO AV MN report only all year
TX1Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)7 DA MIN >= 29 % all year
TX1Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)MO AV MN >= 29 % all year
TX1Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)MO AV MN report only all year
TX1Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllinaMO AV MN report only all year
TX1NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)MO AV MN report only all year
TX1NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllinaMO AV MN report only all year
TX1NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)MO AV MN report only all year
TX1NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllinaMO AV MN report only all year
TX1Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)MO AV MN report only all year
TX1Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllinaMO AV MN report only all year
TX1LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)MO AV MN report only all year
TX1LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllinaMO AV MN report only all year
TX1LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)MO AV MN report only all year
TX1LOEC Sub-Lethal Growth Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllina7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1LOEC Sub-Lethal Growth Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia beryllinaMO AV MN report only all year
TXAWhole effluent toxicity - retest #1SINGSAMP report only all year
TXAWhole effluent toxicity - retest #2SINGSAMP report only all year
TXALC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)SINGSAMP report only all year
TXALC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia beryllinaSINGSAMP report only all year

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