Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0009253
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO., Sunray, TX: NPDES TX0009253 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO., held by NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO-SUNRAY, holds NPDES permit TX0009253, which discharges to South Palo Duro Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 12, 2004 and expiring May 31, 2009. 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 | NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO-SUNRAY |
| NPDES ID | TX0009253 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 12, 2004 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2009 |
| Address | Sunray, TX 79086 |
| Receiving water | SOUTH PALO DURO CREEK |
| Subwatershed | 111001040207-South Palo Duro Creek (HUC 111001040207) |
| SIC | 4922 – Natural Gas Transmission |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD987996014; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004834100027 |
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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 54 | 12 | December 31, 2009 | |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 48 | 4 | September 30, 2009 | 545% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 88 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 8 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0009253.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0009253.
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 TX0009253.
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.