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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0023795

OAK LANE WWTP, Vidor, TX: NPDES TX0023795 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OAK LANE WWTP, held by ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1, holds NPDES permit TX0023795, which discharges to Tiger Creek; Meyer Bayou;Neches Rv. EPA’s file records it issued December 11, 2018 and expiring December 11, 2023. 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 filedOAK LANE WWTP
Permittee as filedORANGE COUNTY WCID 1
NPDES IDTX0023795
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 11, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 11, 2023
AddressVidor, TX 77670
Receiving waterTIGER CREEK; MEYER BAYOU;NECHES RV
SubwatershedBunns Canal-Neches River (HUC 120200030405)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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. coli23535July 31, 202560,552% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]63226March 31, 20242,890% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual0148February 28, 201384% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3156September 30, 2017131% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4103January 31, 20089% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]393October 31, 2017204% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]131September 30, 201780% over the limit
pH3180
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas240
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
Arsenic, dry weight530
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]530
Annual sludge production, total130
Selenium, dry weight320
Copper, dry weight320
Cadmium, dry weight320
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]320
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]320
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]320
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]320
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]320
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]120
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method120
Nickel, total [as Ni]210
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure110
Annual amt of sludge incinerated110
Annual amount of sludge land applied110
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit110
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill110
Annual amt sludge transported interstate110
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Fecal coliform100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100
Pollutant table from 503.13100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas100

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
October 29, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
May 24, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 16, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
March 23, 2017Permit 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.

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 NPDES permit TX0023795 for the OAK LANE WWTP in Vidor, TX, held by ORANGE COUNTY WCID 1, which is listed as administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger. The facts list 7 pollutants under a numeric limit and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as issued December 11, 2018 and expiring December 11, 2023.