Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0075591
ESTELLINE WWTP, Estelline, TX: NPDES TX0075591 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ESTELLINE WWTP, held by RED RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS, holds NPDES permit TX0075591, which discharges to Drain Ditch, Mountain Creek, Lower Prairie Dog. EPA’s file records it issued January 22, 2021 and expiring January 22, 2026. 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 | ESTELLINE WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RED RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS |
| NPDES ID | TX0075591 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 22, 2021 |
| Expiration date | January 22, 2026 |
| Address | Estelline, TX 79233 |
| Receiving water | DRAIN DITCH, MOUNTAIN CREEK, LOWER PRAIRIE DOG |
| Subwatershed | Mountain Creek-Prarie Dog Town Fork Red River (HUC 111201050301) |
| 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
- 37Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 37With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 46 | 37 | May 31, 2012 | 434% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 20 | 17 | April 30, 2008 | 146% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 12 | 6 | May 31, 2013 | 41% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 10 | 4 | May 31, 2013 | 73% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 4 | February 28, 2013 | 68% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 10 | 2 | May 31, 2013 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 2 | October 31, 2012 | 48% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 0 | 2 | 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 TX0075591.
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.