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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0087785

SUNDOWN MHP WWTP, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0087785 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SUNDOWN MHP WWTP, held by KARBALAI, RITA LAURA REDOW, holds NPDES permit TX0087785, which discharges to Unnmd Ditch, Halls Bayou, Greens Ba. EPA’s file records it issued May 9, 2018 and expiring May 9, 2023. 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 filedSUNDOWN MHP WWTP
Permittee as filedKARBALAI, RITA LAURA REDOW
NPDES IDTX0087785
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
IssuedMay 9, 2018
Expiration dateMay 9, 2023
AddressHouston, TX 77093
Receiving waterUNNMD DITCH, HALLS BAYOU, GREENS BA
SubwatershedHalls Bayou (HUC 120401040604)
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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]611929February 28, 20213,300% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2788March 31, 202240% over the limit
Solids, total suspended31104February 28, 201420% over the limit
E. coli2113August 31, 20141,820% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]31031September 30, 200839% over the limit
pH3731October 31, 2011
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1361July 31, 201115% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2700
Arsenic, dry weight5100
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5100
Selenium, dry weight360
Copper, dry weight360
Cadmium, dry weight360
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]360
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]360
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]360
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]360
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]360
Nickel, total [as Ni]240
Level of pathogen requirements achieved240
Description of pathogen option used240
Vector attraction reduction alternative used240
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]140
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure140
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method140
Annual amt of sludge incinerated140
Annual sludge production, total140
Annual amount of sludge land applied140
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit140
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill140
Annual amt sludge transported interstate140
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement130
Fecal coliform120
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system120
Boundary areas120
Salmonella120
Pollutant table from 503.13120
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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0087785.

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 NPDES permit TX0087785 for the SUNDOWN MHP WWTP in Houston, TX, held by KARBALAI, RITA LAURA REDOW, a minor discharger that is administratively continued. The page lists 38 pollutants under a numeric limit, 7 of which show an effluent exceedance, with the permit's dates recorded as issued May 9, 2018 and expiring May 9, 2023.