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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0093416

KIMBERLY-CLARK PARIS PLANT WWTP, Paris, TX: NPDES TX0093416 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

KIMBERLY-CLARK PARIS PLANT WWTP, held by KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit TX0093416, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary;Cottonwood Branch. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2016 and expiring January 1, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedKIMBERLY-CLARK PARIS PLANT WWTP
Permittee as filedKIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
NPDES IDTX0093416
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
IssuedMarch 18, 2016
Expiration dateJanuary 1, 2021
AddressParis, TX 75460
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIBUTARY;COTTONWOOD BRANCH
SubwatershedAuds Creek (HUC 111403010307)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Copper, total [as Cu]85217September 30, 202186% over the limit
Selenium, total [as Se]4204July 31, 2019369% over the limit
pH6551June 30, 2015
Oil & Grease3291June 30, 20081,807% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6560
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]4370
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2190
Thallium, total [as Tl]4160
Solids, total suspended2160
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit180
Chlorine, free available160

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 TX0093416.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0093416.

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 TX0093416.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0093416 for the KIMBERLY-CLARK PARIS PLANT WWTP in Paris, TX, held by KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION, with permit status shown as administratively continued and discharger class Minor. The facts list 11 pollutants on file, 11 under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates as recorded in EPA's file as of September 15, 2026. The receiving water is UNNAMED TRIBUTARY;COTTONWOOD BRANCH, within the subwatershed Auds Creek (HUC 111403010307).