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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0056421

PECAN GROVE WWTP, Richmond, TX: NPDES TX0056421 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PECAN GROVE WWTP, held by PECAN GROVE MUD, holds NPDES permit TX0056421, which discharges to Unnamed Drainage Ditch;Jones Ck;Brazos Rv Below Na. EPA’s file records it issued August 14, 2019 and expiring August 14, 2024. 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 filedPECAN GROVE WWTP
Permittee as filedPECAN GROVE MUD
NPDES IDTX0056421
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
IssuedAugust 14, 2019
Expiration dateAugust 14, 2024
AddressRichmond, TX 77410
Receiving waterUNNAMED DRAINAGE DITCH;JONES CK;BRAZOS RV BELOW NA
SubwatershedRabbs Bayou-Brazos River (HUC 120701040402)
SIC4952 – 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

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]363March 31, 2003132% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual253December 31, 2009203% over the limit
Solids, total suspended352April 30, 2012133% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]132May 31, 20135% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4111August 31, 201799,999% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]341June 30, 20119% over the limit
LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex0180
LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas0160
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex0140
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex0140
Arsenic, dry weight5120
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5120
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas0120
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas0120
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex1110
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas1110
Selenium, dry weight360
Copper, dry weight360
Cadmium, dry weight360
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]360
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]360
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]360
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]360
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]360
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
pH350
Level of pathogen requirements achieved250
Description of pathogen option used250
Vector attraction reduction alternative used250
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Boundary areas130
Fecal coliform120
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement120
Salmonella120
Pollutant table from 503.13120
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]110
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure110
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method110
Annual amt of sludge incinerated110
Annual sludge production, total110
Annual amount of sludge land applied110
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit110
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill110
Annual amt sludge transported interstate110
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
E. coli200
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas200
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200
Annual whole sludge application rate100

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
June 13, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
May 17, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 10, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit TX0056421 for the PECAN GROVE WWTP in Richmond, TX, held by PECAN GROVE MUD, with a status of administratively continued and a Major Discharger class. The facts list 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit dated as issued August 14, 2019 and expiring August 14, 2024.