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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0082261

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LUFKIN PLANT, Lufkin, TX: NPDES TX0082261 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LUFKIN PLANT, held by GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS, LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0082261, which discharges to Unnamed Ditch. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 2011 and expiring August 1, 2016. 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 filedGEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LUFKIN PLANT
Permittee as filedGEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS, LLC
NPDES IDTX0082261
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
IssuedSeptember 26, 2011
Expiration dateAugust 1, 2016
AddressLufkin, TX 75901
Receiving waterUNNAMED DITCH
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedZed Creek-Cedar Creek (HUC 120200020302)
SIC2821 – Plastics Materials And Resins
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXD074160391; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004800500007

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
pH2122April 30, 2005
Oil & Grease161September 30, 20101% over the limit
Phenols161December 31, 2009558% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]151June 30, 2015124% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2120
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]150
Copper, total [as Cu]150
Zinc, total [as Zn]150

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 TX0082261.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0082261.

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 TX0082261.

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 the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0082261 for the Georgia-Pacific Chemicals Lufkin Plant in Lufkin, TX, held by Georgia-Pacific Chemicals, LLC, and listed as administratively continued with a minor discharger class. The figures listed are 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.