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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0047040

CITY OF BROWNWOOD WWTP, Brownwood, TX: NPDES TX0047040 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF BROWNWOOD WWTP, held by BROWNWOOD, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0047040, which discharges to Willis Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 22, 2015 and expiring September 1, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedCITY OF BROWNWOOD WWTP
Permittee as filedBROWNWOOD, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0047040
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
IssuedJanuary 22, 2015
Expiration dateSeptember 1, 2019
AddressBrownwood, TX 76801
Receiving waterWILLIS CREEK
SubwatershedDelaware Creek-Pecan Bayou (HUC 120901070404)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant671August 31, 2014151% over the limit
Hexachlorocyclohexane, total371August 31, 20041% over the limit
Solids, total dissolved690
pH560
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex150
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas150
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas440
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia440
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]630
Solids, total suspended330
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]330
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2720
Chlorine, total residual220
E. coli220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]210
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1700
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Fecal coliform100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method100
Annual amt of sludge incinerated100
Annual sludge production, total100
Annual amount of sludge land applied100
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit100
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill100
Annual amt sludge transported interstate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100
Pollutant table from 503.13100

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
September 26, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0047040.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 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.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TX0047040.

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 TX0047040 for the CITY OF BROWNWOOD WWTP in Brownwood, TX, held by BROWNWOOD, CITY OF, which discharges to WILLIS CREEK. The page lists the permit as administratively continued and a Major Discharger, with 56 pollutants on file, 25 under a numeric limit, and 2 with an effluent exceedance, and it cites the permit file for a January 22, 2015 issue date and a September 1, 2019 expiration date.