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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0074004

MEMORIAL MUD, Harris County, TX: NPDES TX0074004 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MEMORIAL MUD holds NPDES permit TX0074004, which discharges to Hcfcd;Buffalo Bauyou;San Jacinto Rv Basin. EPA’s file records it issued September 1, 2017 and expiring May 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 filedMEMORIAL MUD
Permittee as filedMEMORIAL MUD
NPDES IDTX0074004
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
IssuedSeptember 1, 2017
Expiration dateMay 1, 2022
AddressHarris County, TX 77450
Receiving waterHCFCD;BUFFALO BAUYOU;SAN JACINTO RV BASIN
SubwatershedBarker Reservoir-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040104)
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]3189May 31, 2026216% over the limit
Whole effluent toxicity064March 31, 201444% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3123February 28, 202116% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]142October 31, 200778% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant480
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]360
Chlorine, total residual250
pH340
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas240
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas240
Arsenic, dry weight530
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]530
Selenium, dry weight330
Copper, dry weight330
Cadmium, dry weight330
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]330
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]330
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]120
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure120
Annual amt of sludge incinerated120
Annual sludge production, total120
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit120
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill120
Annual amt sludge transported interstate120
Description of pathogen option used210
Vector attraction reduction alternative used210
Annual whole sludge application rate110
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method110
Pollutant table from 503.13110
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex110
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas110
Whole Effluent Toxicity [WET] - C. dubia400
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
E. coli200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Fecal coliform100
Annual amount of sludge land applied100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100

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
December 9, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 28, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 14, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0074004.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TX0074004.

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 discharge permit NPDES TX0074004 for MEMORIAL MUD in Harris County, TX, which is administratively continued and classed as a Major Discharger. The page lists 55 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued September 1, 2017 and expiring May 1, 2022.