Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0054071
VAN WWTP, Van, TX: NPDES TX0054071 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VAN WWTP, held by VAN, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0054071, which discharges to Neches River Above Lake Palestine. EPA’s file records it issued July 6, 2021 and expiring July 6, 2026. 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 | VAN WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VAN, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | TX0054071 |
| 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 | July 6, 2021 |
| Expiration date | July 6, 2026 |
| Address | Van, TX 75790 |
| Receiving water | Neches River Above Lake Palestine |
| Subwatershed | West Caddo Creek (HUC 120100010201) |
| 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
- 36Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 36With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 28 | 6 | August 31, 2021 | 35% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 37 | 4 | March 31, 2017 | 16% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 36 | 3 | December 31, 2003 | 20% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 6 | 2 | July 31, 2020 | 226% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 13 | 1 | July 31, 2003 | 5% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 3 | 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 TX0054071.
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.