Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0001643
LUFKIN FACILITY, Lufkin, TX: NPDES TX0001643 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LUFKIN FACILITY, held by VERDANT INDUSTRIES LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0001643, which discharges to Manmade Canal;Paper Mill Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2017 and expiring August 1, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LUFKIN FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VERDANT INDUSTRIES LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0001643 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 29, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 1, 2021 |
| Address | Lufkin, TX 75901 |
| Receiving water | MANMADE CANAL;PAPER MILL CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Mill Creek-Paper Mill Creek (HUC 120200050104) |
| SIC | 2621 – Paper Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD087716122; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004800500003 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 7With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 0 | 22 | 17 | November 30, 2013 | 35% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 8 | 6 | October 31, 2013 | 40% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 6 | 4 | February 28, 2003 | 16% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 7 | 3 | January 31, 2001 | 26% over the limit |
| pH | 0 | 16 | 1 | January 31, 2015 | |
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 6 | 1 | September 30, 2008 | 70% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 0 | 3 | 1 | March 31, 2012 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Halogens, adsorbable organic | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.