24 Hour Non-Compliance Reporting

This page is to be utilized for making 24-Hour reports to EPA in compliance with reporting requirements in your NPDES permit. E-mail may substitute oral reporting for the purposes of 24-Hour reporting, but does not meet the requirements to report violations in writing. Most permits require a 24-Hour report followed by a written report within five days. Please consult your permit for specific requirements. At a minimum, the written report shall include an NPDES permit number; certification [40 CFR 122.22(d)] by an authorized official [40 CFR 122.22(a)]; description of the non-compliance; date, time and duration of the non-compliance; any environmental impacts; and remediation actions taken to protect the environment.

Individual Permittees

NPDES requirements for Individual Permits often require permittees to report non-compliance that may endanger health or the environment such as unanticipated bypasses or upsets which exceed an effluent limit, violations of a daily maximum limit for any pollutants (usually in Part III of your permit) to be reported within 24 hours. The report may be either on telephone to (214)665-6595 or by E-mail to r6_npdes_reporting@epa.gov. Please make sure to include:

• Your Name,
• NPDES permit Number,
• Telephone Number,
• and any information required by your permit for 24-hour reporting.

Off Shore General Permittees

NPDES requirements for General Permits often require permittees to report non-compliance to the General Permit noncompliance reporting hotline. The report may be either on telephone to (214)665-6593 or by E-mail to r6genpermit@epa.gov Please make sure to include:

• Your Name,
• Telephone Number,
• Company Name,
• NPDES permit number
  • (and lease block name and outfall/discharge number if applicable),
• Description of the Non-compliance
• Date and Time of Occurrence
• Duration or anticpated time of continuation,
• Cause of Violation,
• Any Corrective Ations Taken,
• and any information required by your permit.

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Generaic Non-compliance Report Form (PDF)

Any other violations should be reported to the Water Enforcement Branch in accordance with permit requirements by telephone at (214)665-7521 or by E-mail to: johnsey.paulette@epa.gov.