Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0069981
FABENS DELINTING PLANT, Fabens, TX: NPDES TX0069981 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FABENS DELINTING PLANT, held by JOHNSON, WAYNE ROBERT, holds NPDES permit TX0069981, which discharges to Tornillo Canal, Rio Grande Below Ri. EPA’s file records it issued October 21, 2005 and expiring September 1, 2010. 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 filed | FABENS DELINTING PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | JOHNSON, WAYNE ROBERT |
| NPDES ID | TX0069981 |
| 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 | October 21, 2005 |
| Expiration date | September 1, 2010 |
| Address | Fabens, TX 79838 |
| Receiving water | TORNILLO CANAL, RIO GRANDE BELOW RI |
| Subwatershed | Guadalupe Lateral-Rio Grande (HUC 130401000406) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 37 | 1 | January 31, 2003 | 380% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 5 | 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 TX0069981.
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 September 15, 2026.