Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0071340
ROBINDALE WWTP, Brownsville, TX: NPDES TX0071340 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROBINDALE WWTP, held by PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, holds NPDES permit TX0071340, which discharges to Brownsville Ship Channel. EPA’s file records it issued December 18, 2020 and expiring December 18, 2025. 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 | ROBINDALE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS |
| NPDES ID | TX0071340 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 18, 2020 |
| Expiration date | December 18, 2025 |
| Address | Brownsville, TX 78526 |
| Receiving water | Brownsville Ship Channel |
| Subwatershed | Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel (HUC 121102080900) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 49Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 47With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 39 | 30 | March 31, 2013 | 180% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 35 | 23 | March 31, 2013 | 309% over the limit |
| E. coli, colony forming units [CFU] | 2 | 10 | 10 | July 31, 2025 | 514% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 30 | 9 | December 31, 2009 | 6,971% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 7 | 7 | December 31, 2024 | 170% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 9 | 5 | October 31, 2013 | 514% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 17 | 4 | April 30, 2008 | 79,880% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 2016 | 96% over the limit |
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2021 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| September 1, 2020 | PR: Biosolids - Surface Disposal: Invalid Monitoring or Unrepresentative Sample Violation (001) | ST6 |
| June 13, 2019 | 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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