Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0083445

SAN MIGUEL LIGNITE MINE, Christine, TX: NPDES TX0083445 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SAN MIGUEL LIGNITE MINE, held by SAN MIGUEL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC, holds NPDES permit TX0083445, which discharges to Caballos Creek, Souse Creek, La Parita Ck. EPA’s file records it issued November 17, 2017 and expiring May 1, 2020. 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	SAN MIGUEL LIGNITE MINE
Permittee as filed	SAN MIGUEL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
NPDES ID	TX0083445
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 17, 2017
Expiration date	May 1, 2020
Address	Christine, TX 78012
Receiving water	CABALLOS CREEK, SOUSE CREEK, LA PARITA CK
Subwatershed	Clear Creek-San Miguel Creek (HUC 121101090501)
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler TXD088484852; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004801300007

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

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
6With a violation of any kind
2With 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
Iron, total [as Fe]	62	142	16	May 31, 2023	80% over the limit
Solids, settleable	5	7	1	April 30, 2015	1,500% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	62	229	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	62	228	0
pH	72	144	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	72	138	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

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 2, 2017	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0083445 for the SAN MIGUEL LIGNITE MINE in Christine, TX, held by SAN MIGUEL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC, which discharges to CABALLOS CREEK, SOUSE CREEK, LA PARITA CK within the Clear Creek-San Miguel Creek subwatershed (HUC 121101090501). The permit is classed as a Minor discharger and is administratively continued, with 6 as the discharger class, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued November 17, 2017 and expired May 1, 2020.