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Hixson Metal Finishing

8 30I010178 · Notice of Intent · Newport Beach, Orange

Official record — State Water Resources Control Board, Industrial General Permit

Official

Facility record

Facility name
Hixson Metal Finishing
WDID
8 30I010178
Application type
Notice of Intent
City
Newport Beach
County
Orange
ZIP
92663
Primary SIC code
3471
SIC description
Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring
Date active
1993-06-23
Regional Water Board
Regional Board 8 - Santa Ana Region

Hydrologic

Geographic context

Official facility coordinate plotted against the official 2026 impaired-water geometry.

Official facility point
33.63112, -117.93312
HUC12 subwatershed
Newport Bay
HUC12 code
180702040201
Impaired-water associations (derived)
3
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303(d) context

Associated impaired waters

Grouped by derived geographic association class.

Derived

Same impaired-water subwatershed

3 waterbodies
Newport Bay, Lower (entire lower bay, including Rhine Channel, Turning Basin and South Lido Channel to east end of H-J Moorings)

Bay & Harbor · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (8) Chlordane, Copper, DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), Dieldrin, Indicator Bacteria, Nutrients +2 more

Distance

Confidence low

Fact sheet

Newport Bay, Upper (Ecological Reserve)

Estuary · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (8) Chlordane, Copper, DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), Indicator Bacteria, Nutrients, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) +2 more

Distance

Confidence low

Fact sheet

Rhine Channel

Bay & Harbor · Integrated Report category 5 · TMDL required

Listed pollutants / stressors (6) Copper, Lead, Mercury, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls), Toxicity, Zinc

Distance

Confidence low

Fact sheet

Associations are calculated from official facility coordinates, USGS HUC12 boundaries, and official 2026 impaired-water geometry. They do not establish a discharge connection or causation.

TMDL requirements (7)

Numeric effluent limits and action levels stated by the Water Board for this permit, with the receiving water named in the TMDL.

Official record — SMARTS TMDL dataset, State Water Board
Stated requirements
7
TMDLs
1
Regulated parameters
4
Limit due dates
2020-07-01 – 2020-07-01
Includes interim limits
No
Source regional dataset
Region 8 - Santa Ana
Source retrieved
Aug 21, 2026

Official SMARTS public reports

San Diego Creek and Newport Bay Toxics TMDL

Receiving water named in TMDL San Diego Creek Watershed

4 limits
ParameterLimit typePeriodBasisLimitDue dateReported results for parameter
Cadmium, TotalVocabulary match: Cadmium (narrower)NELFINALINSTANTANEOUS.0097 mg/L2020-07-0163 results · latest 2025-10-14
Copper, TotalVocabulary match: Copper (narrower)NELFINALINSTANTANEOUS.027 mg/L2020-07-0178 results · latest 2025-10-14
Lead, TotalVocabulary match: Lead (narrower)NELFINALINSTANTANEOUS.194 mg/L2020-07-0178 results · latest 2025-10-14
Zinc, TotalVocabulary match: Zinc (narrower)NELFINALINSTANTANEOUS.21 mg/L2020-07-0178 results · latest 2025-10-14

San Diego Creek and Newport Bay Toxics TMDL

Receiving water named in TMDL Lower Newport Bay and Bay Segments (Costa Mesa Channel and Santa Ana Delhi Channel) (boatyards)

3 limits
ParameterLimit typePeriodBasisLimitDue dateReported results for parameter
Copper, TotalVocabulary match: Copper (narrower)NELFINALINSTANTANEOUS0 mg/L2020-07-0178 results · latest 2025-10-14
Lead, TotalVocabulary match: Lead (narrower)NELFINALINSTANTANEOUS0 mg/L2020-07-0178 results · latest 2025-10-14
Zinc, TotalVocabulary match: Zinc (narrower)NELFINALINSTANTANEOUS0 mg/L2020-07-0178 results · latest 2025-10-14
Derivedapplies only to the 303(d) waterbody link and the parameter vocabulary match.

Limit values, limit periods, parameters, TMDL names and receiving-water names are reproduced exactly as stated by the Water Board in SMARTS. California Stormwater Intelligence does not compare reported monitoring results to these limits and makes no exceedance, violation or compliance determination. Where a stated receiving-water name is linked to a 2026 303(d) waterbody, that link is a derived exact-name match, not a Water Board determination.

Official monitoring

SMARTS monitoring

Self-reported industrial stormwater sampling results as submitted by the discharger to SMARTS.

Official record — SMARTS parameter data, State Water Board
Reported results
912
Sample events
26
Distinct parameters
14
Reporting years
2016 – 2025
First sample
2017-01-20
Latest sample
2025-10-14
Source regional dataset
Region 8 - Santa Ana
Source retrieved
Aug 21, 2026

Official SMARTS public reports

Parameters reported

Reported results over time

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Most recent reported results

Latest 25 of 912
Sample dateLocationParameterResultUnitsEvent
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Aluminum3.6mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Aluminum3.6mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Aluminum3.6mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Cadmium.27mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Cadmium.27mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Cadmium.27mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Chromium.0054mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Chromium.0054mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Chromium.0054mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Copper.12mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Copper.12mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Copper.12mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Iron1.8mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Iron1.8mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Iron1.8mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Lead.024mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Lead.024mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Lead.024mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Nickel.15mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Nickel.15mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Nickel.15mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Nitrate/Nitrite (Nitrite + Nitrate as N)38mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Nitrate/Nitrite (Nitrite + Nitrate as N)38mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Nitrate/Nitrite (Nitrite + Nitrate as N)38mg/LQualifying Storm Event
2025-10-14Combined Sample (B1-B4)Oil and Grease< 1.2(non-detect / est.)mg/LQualifying Storm Event

Monitoring rows are official self-reported SMARTS submissions, joined to this facility by WDID. California Stormwater Intelligence does not restate, correct, average or evaluate reported values, and no benchmark comparison or violation determination is made.

YDOS-derived

Numeric Action Level comparison

Reported SMARTS analytical results compared against the Numeric Action Levels of the Industrial General Permit version in effect for each reporting year (July 1 – June 30).

Derived
Reporting years evaluated
9
Years with an NAL exceedance
7
Most recent evaluated year
RY 2025
Ruleset
igp_nal_ruleset_v1 / igp_nal_v1
ParameterNAL typeCalculated valueNALResultSamples usedMethod

Aluminum, Total

aluminum_total

Annual3.6 mg/L0.75 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.4.8× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Cadmium, Total

cadmium_total

Annual0.27 mg/L0.005 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.50.94× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Copper, Total

copper_total

Annual0.12 mg/L0.033 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.3.61× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Iron, Total

iron_total

Annual1.8 mg/L1 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.1.8× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Lead, Total

lead_total

Annual0.024 mg/L0.262 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.09× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Nickel, Total

nickel_total

Annual0.15 mg/l1.02 mg/lAt or below NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.15× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Nitrite Plus Nitrate (as N)

nitrate_nitrite_n

Annual38 mg/L as N0.68 mg/L as NAbove NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.55.88× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Oil and Grease

oil_grease

Instantaneous maximum0 samples above25 mg/LAt or below NALNo eligible result in this reporting year was outside the instantaneous maximum NAL.3 eligible3 non-detect as zerocount of eligible effluent results outside the instantaneous maximum NAL within the July 1 - June 30 reporting year

pH

ph

Instantaneous maximum0 samples above6 – 9 pH unitsWithin NAL rangeNo eligible result in this reporting year was outside the instantaneous maximum NAL.3 eligiblecount of eligible effluent results outside the instantaneous maximum NAL within the July 1 - June 30 reporting year

Silver, Total

silver_total

Annual0.01 mg/L0.018 mg/LAt or below NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.0.55× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

Total Suspended Solids (TSS)

tss

Instantaneous maximum0 samples above400 mg/LAt or below NALNo eligible result in this reporting year was outside the instantaneous maximum NAL.3 eligiblecount of eligible effluent results outside the instantaneous maximum NAL within the July 1 - June 30 reporting year

Zinc, Total

zinc_total

Annual1.3 mg/L0.26 mg/LAbove NALAnnual average of 3 eligible result(s) compared with the annual NAL.5× threshold3 eligiblearithmetic mean of all eligible effluent results in the July 1 - June 30 reporting year (censored results assigned zero only where MDL and ML were both reported)

YDOS-derived overlap

Pollutant overlap with impaired receiving waters

Parameters where this facility has an NAL exceedance in at least one reporting year and the geographically associated waterbody carries a 303(d) listing for the same pollutant.

Derived

CopperMonitoringAbove NAL303(d) impairmentNewport Bay, Lower (entire lower bay, including Rhine Channel, Turning Basin and South Lido Channel to east end of H-J Moorings)

5 reporting years above the annual NAL, most recently RY 2025 · 1 303(d) listing · 2 stated TMDL requirements · association: derived watershed association (low confidence)

CopperMonitoringAbove NAL303(d) impairmentNewport Bay, Upper (Ecological Reserve)

5 reporting years above the annual NAL, most recently RY 2025 · 1 303(d) listing · 2 stated TMDL requirements · association: derived watershed association (low confidence)

CopperMonitoringAbove NAL303(d) impairmentRhine Channel

5 reporting years above the annual NAL, most recently RY 2025 · 1 303(d) listing · 2 stated TMDL requirements · association: derived watershed association (low confidence)

ZincMonitoringAbove NAL303(d) impairmentRhine Channel

5 reporting years above the annual NAL, most recently RY 2025 · 1 303(d) listing · 2 stated TMDL requirements · association: derived watershed association (low confidence)

Overlap is informational co-occurrence between a derived NAL comparison and an official 303(d) listing. It is not evidence that this facility caused or contributed to the impairment.

An NAL exceedance is a permit-defined condition that triggers Exceedance Response Actions under the Industrial General Permit. It is not a violation, an enforcement action, or a Water Board compliance determination. Annual values use the arithmetic average of eligible results with non-detects treated as zero; instantaneous maximum NALs (total suspended solids, oil and grease, pH) are exceeded when two or more eligible results in a reporting year fall outside the level. Rules transcribed from 2014-0057-DWQ as amended by 2015-0122-DWQ (effective 2015-07-01, superseded 2020-06-30); 2014-0057-DWQ as amended by 2018-0028-DWQ (effective 2020-07-01).

Provenance

Source & provenance

Source agency
California State Water Resources Control Board
Source dataset
Industrial General Permit — permitted facilities (statewide GIS layer)
WDID
8 30I010178
Source feature ID
15739
Application type
Notice of Intent
Regional board derivation
WDID region prefix
Geometry status
valid
Last successful facility import
Aug 21, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC

Official IGP permitted facilities feature layer