Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0032484
EAST TEXAS MUD OF SMITH COUNTY WWTP, Tyler, TX: NPDES TX0032484 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 38Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EAST TEXAS MUD OF SMITH COUNTY WWTP, held by EAST TEXAS MUD OF SMITH COUNTY, holds NPDES permit TX0032484, which discharges to Unnamed Trib, Wiggins Creek, Harris. EPA’s file records it issued April 19, 2017 and expiring March 1, 2021. 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 | EAST TEXAS MUD OF SMITH COUNTY WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | EAST TEXAS MUD OF SMITH COUNTY |
| NPDES ID | TX0032484 |
| 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 | April 19, 2017 |
| Expiration date | March 1, 2021 |
| Address | Tyler, TX 75708 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB, WIGGINS CREEK, HARRIS |
| Subwatershed | Lower Harris Creek (HUC 120100020303) |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 58Pollutants on file
- 38Under a numeric limit
- 37With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 | 82 | 55 | April 30, 2016 | 510% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 63 | 54 | April 30, 2016 | 1,938% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 50 | 17 | September 30, 2011 | 1,302% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 53 | 16 | April 30, 2026 | 271% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 11 | 10 | June 30, 2026 | 1,821% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 31 | 8 | December 31, 2007 | 100% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 28 | 6 | May 31, 2019 | 13% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 44 | 5 | March 31, 2006 | 9,334% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 46 | 4 | September 30, 2011 | 7,592% over the limit |
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 20 | 4 | June 30, 2005 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 26 | 1 | December 31, 2015 | |
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 2 | 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 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 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 TX0032484.
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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