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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0083089

CITY OF BURTON WWTP, Burton, TX: NPDES TX0083089 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF BURTON WWTP, held by BURTON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0083089, which discharges to Indian Crk;E Fork Mill Crk;Mill Crk;Brazos River. EPA’s file records it issued March 6, 2019 and expiring March 6, 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 BURTON WWTP
Permittee as filedBURTON, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0083089
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
IssuedMarch 6, 2019
Expiration dateMarch 6, 2024
AddressBurton, TX 77835
Receiving waterINDIAN CRK;E FORK MILL CRK;MILL CRK;BRAZOS RIVER
SubwatershedIndian Creek-East Mill Creek (HUC 120701040201)
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 suspended33584May 31, 201490% over the limit
E. coli2153October 31, 20171,820% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant22382January 31, 2009400% over the limit
pH32481August 31, 2015
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]191July 31, 201499,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C33610
Chlorine, total residual22400
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]11200
Arsenic, dry weight5350
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5350
Selenium, dry weight3210
Copper, dry weight3210
Cadmium, dry weight3210
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3210
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3210
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3210
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3210
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3210
Nickel, total [as Ni]2140
Level of pathogen requirements achieved2140
Description of pathogen option used2140
Vector attraction reduction alternative used2140
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method190
Annual amt of sludge incinerated190
Annual sludge production, total190
Annual amount of sludge land applied190
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit190
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill190
Annual amt sludge transported interstate190
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure180
Fecal coliform170
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system170
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement170
Boundary areas170
Salmonella170
Pollutant table from 503.13170
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
December 1, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 13, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0083089 held by Burton, City of for the CITY OF BURTON WWTP in Burton, TX, which is listed as administratively continued with a Minor discharger class and a numeric limit on 5 pollutants and an effluent exceedance on 5 pollutants. The page also lists the permit's issuance on March 6, 2019, its expiration on March 6, 2024, and receiving waters in the Indian Creek-East Mill Creek subwatershed (HUC 120701040201).