Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0063401
MONTEREY MUSHROOMS FACILITY, Madisonville, TX: NPDES TX0063401 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 13Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MONTEREY MUSHROOMS FACILITY, held by MONTEREY MUSHROOMS, INC., holds NPDES permit TX0063401, which discharges to Nixon Branch; Collard Creek, Bedias Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 21, 2017 and expiring February 1, 2022. 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 | MONTEREY MUSHROOMS FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MONTEREY MUSHROOMS, INC. |
| NPDES ID | TX0063401 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 21, 2017 |
| Expiration date | February 1, 2022 |
| Address | Madisonville, TX 77864 |
| Receiving water | NIXON BRANCH; COLLARD CREEK, BEDIAS CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Pooles Creek-Bedias Creek (HUC 120302020506) |
| SIC | 0182 – Food Crops Grown Under Cover |
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
- 16Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 79 | 75 | February 29, 2012 | 4,900% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 7 | 198 | 57 | May 31, 2024 | 3,045% over the limit |
| Color [PT-CO units] | 2 | 88 | 45 | May 31, 2018 | |
| E. coli | 2 | 69 | 36 | May 31, 2019 | 29,365% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 152 | 29 | March 31, 2025 | 355% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 8 | 70 | 18 | February 28, 2022 | 454% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 12 | 198 | 17 | May 31, 2024 | 6,750% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 60 | 13 | July 31, 2023 | 88% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 237 | 12 | July 31, 2026 | |
| Oil & Grease | 5 | 100 | 6 | July 31, 2019 | 7,767% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 77 | 6 | September 30, 2008 | 53,900% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 24 | 4 | April 30, 2006 | 40% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 23 | 3 | August 31, 2020 | 50% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 8 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 26 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| February 11, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| July 11, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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.