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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0076155

GREENSPOINT SERVICE CENTER, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0076155 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GREENSPOINT SERVICE CENTER, held by CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELE, holds NPDES permit TX0076155, which discharges to Hcfcd P160-00-00, Greens Bayou Abov. EPA’s file records it issued October 18, 2007 and expiring December 1, 2011. 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 filedGREENSPOINT SERVICE CENTER
Permittee as filedCENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELE
NPDES IDTX0076155
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 18, 2007
Expiration dateDecember 1, 2011
AddressHouston, TX 77251
Receiving waterHCFCD P160-00-00, GREENS BAYOU ABOV
SubwatershedHeadwaters Greens Bayou (HUC 120401040601)
SIC4911 – Electric Services

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 suspended363September 30, 2008125% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C330
pH220
Copper, total [as Cu]220
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
Chlorine, total residual220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
Oil & Grease110
Zinc, total [as Zn]110

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0076155.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0076155 for GREENSPOINT SERVICE CENTER in Houston, TX, held by CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELE, with the permit status listed as administratively continued and a Minor Discharger class. The facts list 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued October 18, 2007 and expiring December 1, 2011.