Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0086541

JEWETT LIGNITE SURFACE MINE, Jewett, TX: NPDES TX0086541 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MajorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

JEWETT LIGNITE SURFACE MINE, held by JEWETT MINE LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0086541, which discharges to Lamb Ck;Unnamed Tirb;Mine Ck;Red Hollow Ck. EPA’s file records it issued February 11, 2020 and expiring February 11, 2025. 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	JEWETT LIGNITE SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filed	JEWETT MINE LLC
NPDES ID	TX0086541
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Major discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 11, 2020
Expiration date	February 11, 2025
Address	Jewett, TX 75846
Receiving water	LAMB CK;UNNAMED TIRB;MINE CK;RED HOLLOW CK
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

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

14Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
14With a violation of any kind
8With 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
Manganese, total [as Mn]	28	413	11	May 31, 2021	150% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	26	381	6	December 31, 2018	31% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	0	24	6	November 30, 2006	4,500% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	0	23	5	November 30, 2006	2,640% over the limit
pH	50	734	2	May 31, 2026
Iron, total [as Fe]	28	402	2	December 31, 2005	161% over the limit
Aluminum, total [as Al]	2	25	2	May 31, 2019	26% over the limit
Solids, settleable	10	150	1	November 30, 2009	1,700% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	50	746	0
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]	2	32	0
Oil & Grease	2	32	0
Chlorine, total residual	0	25	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	4	22	0
Chloride [as Cl]	2	2	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

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 15, 2026	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6
April 20, 2021	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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

This EPA-sourced public-records page covers the NPDES TX0086541 discharge permit held by JEWETT MINE LLC for JEWETT LIGNITE SURFACE MINE in Jewett, TX, with a permit status of Administratively continued and a Major Discharger class. The page lists 8 pollutants under a numeric limit and 8 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it names Lamb Ck, Unnamed Tirb, Mine Ck, and Red Hollow Ck as receiving waters.