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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0001031

TRINIDAD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, Trinidad, TX: NPDES TX0001031 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TRINIDAD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, held by LUMINANT GENERATION COMPANY LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0001031, which discharges to Trinity River Above Lake Livingston. EPA’s file records it issued August 10, 2020 and expiring August 10, 2025. 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.

Identity

Facility as filedTRINIDAD STEAM ELECTRIC STATION
Permittee as filedLUMINANT GENERATION COMPANY LLC
NPDES IDTX0001031
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 10, 2020
Expiration dateAugust 10, 2025
AddressTrinidad, TX 75163
Receiving waterTrinity River Above Lake Livingston
SubwatershedTrinidad Lake-Trinity River (HUC 120301050504)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXD046677241; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004821300002

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Solids, total suspended6108June 30, 202523% over the limit
pH6115June 30, 2013
Oil & Grease642September 30, 202395% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4100
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4100
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas4100
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia460
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia460
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia460
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant840
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas440
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
Chloride [as Cl]040
Copper, total [as Cu]220
Iron, total [as Fe]220
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex120
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas120
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1700
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2700
Chlorine, free available400
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia400
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia400
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia400
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit200
Chlorine, total residual200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100

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 TX0001031.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0001031.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TX0001031.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0001031 for Trinidad Steam Electric Station in Trinidad, TX, held by Luminant Generation Company LLC, which discharges to the Trinity River Above Lake Livingston within the Trinidad Lake-Trinity River (HUC 120301050504) subwatershed. The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a discharger class of 26, and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, of which 3 had an effluent exceedance.