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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0023019

CITY OF BISHOP WWTP, Bishop, TX: NPDES TX0023019 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF BISHOP WWTP, held by CITY OF BISHOP, holds NPDES permit TX0023019, which discharges to Carreta Crk;San Fernando Crk;Cayo Del Grullo. EPA’s file records it issued October 12, 2018 and expiring October 12, 2023. 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 filedCITY OF BISHOP WWTP
Permittee as filedCITY OF BISHOP
NPDES IDTX0023019
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 12, 2018
Expiration dateOctober 12, 2023
AddressBishop, TX 78343
Receiving waterCARRETA CRK;SAN FERNANDO CRK;CAYO DEL GRULLO
SubwatershedCarreta Creek (HUC 121102040408)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
E. coli2220181July 31, 202699,999% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]312488July 31, 2026160% over the limit
Solids, total suspended27256July 31, 2026134% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]36336February 28, 2026383% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]13528July 31, 202672% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant24310May 31, 2023384% over the limit
pH33410July 31, 2026
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5230
Arsenic, dry weight5200
Selenium, dry weight3120
Copper, dry weight3120
Cadmium, dry weight3120
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3120
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3120
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3120
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3120
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3120
Level of pathogen requirements achieved290
Description of pathogen option used290
Vector attraction reduction alternative used290
Nickel, total [as Ni]280
Fecal coliform150
Salmonella150
Pollutant table from 503.13150
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]140
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure140
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method140
Annual amt of sludge incinerated140
Annual sludge production, total140
Annual amount of sludge land applied140
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit140
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill140
Annual amt sludge transported interstate140
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system140
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement140
Boundary areas140
Annual whole sludge application rate100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 11, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
July 27, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
March 2, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit TX0023019, held by CITY OF BISHOP for the CITY OF BISHOP WWTP in Bishop, TX, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a Minor discharger and listed as administratively continued. The page lists 37 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, and 7 with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's stated issue and expiration dates and receiving waters as they stood when the record was loaded.