Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0054500
MARTIN LAKE STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, Tatum, TX: NPDES TX0054500 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MARTIN LAKE STEAM ELECTRIC STATION, held by LUMINANT GENERATION COMPANY LL, holds NPDES permit TX0054500, which discharges to Martin Lake, Martin Creek, Sabine R. EPA’s file records it issued June 18, 2009 and expiring April 1, 2012. 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 | MARTIN LAKE STEAM ELECTRIC STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LUMINANT GENERATION COMPANY LL |
| NPDES ID | TX0054500 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 18, 2009 |
| Expiration date | April 1, 2012 |
| Address | Tatum, TX 75691 |
| Receiving water | MARTIN LAKE, MARTIN CREEK, SABINE R |
| Subwatershed | Martin Lake (HUC 120100020803) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD000821306; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004840100011 |
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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 13 | 11 | December 31, 2024 | 96% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 506% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 5 | 1 | February 28, 2015 | 10% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 3 | 1 | January 31, 2014 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 3 | 1 | May 31, 2024 | 32% over the limit |
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 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 Pimephales promelas | 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 Pinephales promelas | 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 Pimephales promelas | 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 TX0054500.
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.