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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0084638

NEW CANEY MUD WWTP, New Caney, TX: NPDES TX0084638 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NEW CANEY MUD WWTP, held by NEW CANEY MUD, holds NPDES permit TX0084638, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary Of Caney Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 15, 2017 and expiring June 15, 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 filedNEW CANEY MUD WWTP
Permittee as filedNEW CANEY MUD
NPDES IDTX0084638
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 15, 2017
Expiration dateJune 15, 2020
AddressNew Caney, TX 77357
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CANEY CREEK
SubwatershedDry Creek-Caney Creek (HUC 120401030105)
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
E. coli264July 31, 2015688% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]311July 31, 201275% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas440
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas440
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia240
Selenium, dry weight330
Copper, dry weight330
Cadmium, dry weight330
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]330
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]330
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex130
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas130
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1520
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2520
Nickel, total [as Ni]220
Level of pathogen requirements achieved220
Description of pathogen option used220
Vector attraction reduction alternative used220
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]120
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure120
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method120
Annual amt of sludge incinerated120
Annual sludge production, total120
Annual amount of sludge land applied120
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit120
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill120
Annual amt sludge transported interstate120
pH310
Fecal coliform110
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system110
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
Boundary areas110
Salmonella110
Pollutant table from 503.13110
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant400
Solids, total suspended300
Zinc, total [as Zn]300
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]300
Chlorine, total residual200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100
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 15, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 16, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0084638.

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 TX0084638.

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 NPDES permit TX0084638 for the NEW CANEY MUD WWTP in New Caney, TX, held by NEW CANEY MUD and discharging to Unnamed Tributary Of Caney Creek, with the permit listed as administratively continued and a Major Discharger class. The page lists 55 as the discharger class, 2 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.