Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0026484
CITY OF BURNET WWTP, Burnet, TX: NPDES TX0026484 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 57Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF BURNET WWTP, held by BURNET, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0026484, which discharges to Hamilton Creek; Lake Travis. EPA’s file records it issued May 2, 2016 and expiring December 1, 2019. 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 | CITY OF BURNET WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BURNET, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | TX0026484 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 2, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 1, 2019 |
| Address | Burnet, TX 78611 |
| Receiving water | HAMILTON CREEK; LAKE TRAVIS |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Hamilton Creek (HUC 120902050104) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD069451268 |
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
- 66Pollutants on file
- 57Under a numeric limit
- 43With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 66 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 79 | 10 | January 31, 2014 | 188% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 52 | 6 | May 31, 2013 | 28% over the limit |
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 11 | 5 | July 31, 2011 | 56% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 47 | 1 | March 31, 2010 | 20% over the limit |
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 7 | 1 | July 31, 2000 | 38% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 69 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 69 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sulphur, total elemental | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH, in soil | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 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 TX0026484.
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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