Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0029564
FMC ENERGY SYSTEMS, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0029564 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FMC ENERGY SYSTEMS, held by HOUSTON FMC-IREIC,LLC AND FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC, holds NPDES permit TX0029564, which discharges to Greens Bayou, San Jacinto River B. EPA’s file records it issued February 19, 2013 and expiring December 1, 2017. 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 | FMC ENERGY SYSTEMS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HOUSTON FMC-IREIC,LLC AND FMC TECHNOLOGIES INC |
| NPDES ID | TX0029564 |
| 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 | February 19, 2013 |
| Expiration date | December 1, 2017 |
| Address | Houston, TX 77253 |
| Receiving water | GREENS BAYOU, SAN JACINTO RIVER B |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Greens Bayou (HUC 120401040601) |
| SIC | 3533 – Oil And Gas Field Machinery |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD060712858 |
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
- 15Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 86 | 14 | June 30, 2021 | |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 60 | 7 | May 31, 2005 | 14,150% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 51 | 1 | February 28, 2003 | 149% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 43 | 1 | September 30, 2003 | 1,342% over the limit |
| Flow [dry weather] | 2 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 4 | 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 TX0029564.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.