Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0024309
HURRICANE CREEK WWTP, Lufkin, TX: NPDES TX0024309 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 54Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 2Inspections on file
- 1Formal enforcement actions
HURRICANE CREEK WWTP, held by LUFKIN,CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0024309, which discharges to Hurrican Ck, Cedar Ck, Neches River. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2016 and expiring August 1, 2021.
HURRICANE CREEK WWTP, Lufkin, Texas: Individual permit TX0024309, held by LUFKIN,CITY OF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 31, 2016, term to August 1, 2021; discharges to HURRICAN CK, CEDAR CK, NECHES RIVER.
- Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 57 violations of any kind, 57 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2026, largest 2,525% over the limit.
- Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 3 limits, 50 violations of any kind, 50 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2026, largest 470% over the limit.
- BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 3 limits, 31 violations of any kind, 28 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2025, largest 332% over the limit.
- E. coli: 4 limits, 24 violations of any kind, 24 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2024, largest 99,999% over the limit.
- Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest May 31, 2024, largest 12% over the limit.
- Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2024, largest 29% over the limit.
- LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]: 5 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Arsenic, dry weight: 5 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nickel, total [as Ni]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- pH: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Selenium, dry weight: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Copper, dry weight: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Cadmium, dry weight: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]: 3 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Level of pathogen requirements achieved: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Description of pathogen option used: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Vector attraction reduction alternative used: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas: 2 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Unit w/liner/leachate collection system: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Boundary areas: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Salmonella: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Fecal coliform: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt of sludge incinerated: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual sludge production, total: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amount of sludge land applied: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt sludge transported interstate: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pollutant table from 503.13: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual whole sludge application rate: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- September 15, 2026: State CWA Penalty AO (State), $75,000 state or local penalty.
- August 11, 2026: Evaluation (S).
- June 3, 2026: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- June 3, 2026: Evaluation (S).
- February 18, 2026: Under Review (State).
- March 8, 2024: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- October 26, 2023: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- August 29, 2023: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- August 21, 2023: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- April 21, 2022: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- January 14, 2021: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- October 26, 2017: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
Texas holds 1,720 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 345 were issued before TX0024309.
Coverages issued nearest TX0024309
- October 25, 2016: FARMERSVILLE WWTP 1, Farmersville, TX0076091, held by CITY OF FARMERSVILLE
- October 25, 2016: CITY OF MEGARGEL WWTP, Megargel, TX0092541, held by MEGARGEL, CITY OF
- October 26, 2016: ROBERT T SAVELY WRF, Houston, TX0022543, held by CLEAR LAKE CITY WATER AUTHORITY
- October 27, 2016: CITY OF SILSBEE SOUTH WWTP, Silsbee, TX0023736, held by SILSBEE, CITY OF
- October 28, 2016: CITY OF LEONARD WWTP, Leonard, TX0054208, held by LEONARD, CITY OF
- November 14, 2016: CITY OF COLLINSVILLE WWTP, Collinsville, TX0034410, held by COLLINSVILLE, CITY OF
- November 21, 2016: GAINESVILLE WWTP, Gainesville, TX0022357, held by GAINESVILLE, CITY OF
- November 21, 2016: CITY OF BLOOMING GROVE WWTP, Blooming Grove, TX0075418, held by BLOOMING GROVE, CITY OF
- November 21, 2016: WEST POINT WWTP, La Grange, TX0125491, held by FAYETTE COUNTY
- November 21, 2016: CITY OF DEPORT, City Of Deport, TX0136930, held by DEPORT, CITY OF
HURRICANE CREEK WWTP among its neighbors
EPA’s permit file holds 30 discharge permits in the Zed Creek-Cedar Creek subwatershed (HUC 120200020302), TX0024309 among them. Its county holds 74, 3 of them major permits; TX0024309 is a major permit.
Other permits in the Zed Creek-Cedar Creek subwatershed (HUC 120200020302)
- ATKINSON CANDY, Lufkin: TXRNECB57, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
- BROOKSHIRE BROTHERS 118, Lufkin: TXR1556PO, minor permit, discharging to HURRICANE CREEK 0604B, permit term to March 4, 2028
- CEDAR CREEK ESTATES, Lufkin: TXR1589QK, minor permit, discharging to NECHES RIVER, permit term to March 4, 2028
- CFA - LUFKIN RELO S LOOP CROSSING TX 6139, Lufkin: TXR1539YT, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIBUTARY, permit term to March 4, 2028
- CITY OF LUFKIN - MORRIS FRANK PARK BUILDING C, Lufkin: TXR1519UA, minor permit, discharging to CEDAR CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
- CONTRACTORS SUPPLIES LUFKIN PLANT, Lufkin: TXG110196, minor permit, discharging to CEDAR CREEK, permit term to November 7, 2021
- COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, Lufkin: TXRNEBO07, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
- COOPER POWER SYSTEMS, Lufkin: TXRNECB62, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
- DREAM HOMES & DRAFTING, Lufkin: TXR1576ND, minor permit, discharging to CEDAR CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
- GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LUFKIN PLANT, Lufkin: TX0082261, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED DITCH, permit term to August 1, 2016
Identity
| Facility as filed | HURRICANE CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LUFKIN,CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | TX0024309 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 31, 2016 |
| Expiration date | August 1, 2021 |
| Address | Lufkin, TX 75904 |
| Receiving water | HURRICAN CK, CEDAR CK, NECHES RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Zed Creek-Cedar Creek (HUC 120200020302) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 54Pollutants on file
- 54Under a numeric limit
- 48With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 57 | 57 | February 28, 2026 | 2,525% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 50 | 50 | April 30, 2026 | 470% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 31 | 28 | February 28, 2025 | 332% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 24 | 24 | December 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 3 | May 31, 2024 | 12% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2024 | 29% over the limit |
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 8Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 3, 2026 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| March 8, 2024 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| October 26, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 29, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 21, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| April 21, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| January 14, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| October 26, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
Inspections
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 11, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
| June 3, 2026 | Evaluation | S |
Formal enforcement and penalties
1 formal actions, 1 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.
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency | Federal penalty | State or local penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 15, 2026 | State CWA Penalty AO | State | $75,000 |
Informal enforcement
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 18, 2026 | Under Review | State |
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