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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0075442

CITY OF BYERS WWTP, Byers, TX: NPDES TX0075442 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF BYERS WWTP, held by BYERS, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0075442, which discharges to Ditch; Trib; Wichita River Below Diversion Lake. EPA’s file records it issued January 18, 2019 and expiring January 18, 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 filedCITY OF BYERS WWTP
Permittee as filedBYERS, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0075442
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 18, 2019
Expiration dateJanuary 18, 2024
AddressByers, TX 76357
Receiving waterDITCH; TRIB; WICHITA RIVER BELOW DIVERSION LAKE
SubwatershedCity Lake-Wichita River (HUC 111302060503)
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
Solids, total suspended37747March 31, 2026358% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C37239June 30, 2016252% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant24127March 31, 201998,505% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual23013April 30, 201150% over the limit
E. coli2223October 31, 201899,999% over the limit
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]161July 31, 201112% over the limit
pH3230
Arsenic, dry weight5200
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5200
Selenium, dry weight3120
Copper, dry weight3120
Cadmium, dry weight3120
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3120
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3120
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3120
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3120
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3120
Nickel, total [as Ni]280
Level of pathogen requirements achieved280
Description of pathogen option used280
Vector attraction reduction alternative used280
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]180
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure150
Fecal coliform140
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method140
Annual amt of sludge incinerated140
Annual sludge production, total140
Annual amount of sludge land applied140
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit140
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill140
Annual amt sludge transported interstate140
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system140
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement140
Boundary areas140
Salmonella140
Pollutant table from 503.13140
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
July 25, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0075442.

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 TX0075442.

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 the Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit TX0075442 for the CITY OF BYERS WWTP in Byers, TX, held by BYERS, CITY OF, which is listed as administratively continued and a minor discharger. The facts list 6 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates recorded as January 18, 2019 and January 18, 2024.