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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0096806

PALAFOX MINING FACILITY, Laredo, TX: NPDES TX0096806 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PALAFOX MINING FACILITY, held by FARCO MINING, INC., holds NPDES permit TX0096806, which discharges to Carricitos Creek &/Or Unnamed Tribs. EPA’s file records it issued October 8, 2014 and expiring September 1, 2017.

PALAFOX MINING FACILITY, Laredo, Texas: Individual permit TX0096806, held by FARCO MINING, INC.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 8, 2014, term to September 1, 2017; discharges to CARRICITOS CREEK &/OR UNNAMED TRIBS.

  • pH: 22 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2007.
  • Solids, total suspended: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2003, largest 60% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 22 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Iron, total [as Fe]: 22 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, settleable: 11 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Selenium, total [as Se]: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Manganese, total [as Mn]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by FARCO MINING, INC.

PALAFOX MINING FACILITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the San Pedro Hill-Rio Grande subwatershed (HUC 130800020604), TX0096806 among them. Its county holds 238, 7 of them major permits; TX0096806 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the San Pedro Hill-Rio Grande subwatershed (HUC 130800020604)

  • TREVINO MINE, Laredo: TX0110825, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIBS OF RIO GRANDE, RIO GR, permit term to July 1, 2010

Identity

Facility as filedPALAFOX MINING FACILITY
Permittee as filedFARCO MINING, INC.
NPDES IDTX0096806
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
IssuedOctober 8, 2014
Expiration dateSeptember 1, 2017
AddressLaredo, TX 78045
Receiving waterCARRICITOS CREEK &/OR UNNAMED TRIBS
SubwatershedSan Pedro Hill-Rio Grande (HUC 130800020604)

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
pH22161September 30, 2007
Solids, total suspended051October 31, 200360% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant22160
Iron, total [as Fe]2280
Solids, settleable1160
Selenium, total [as Se]040
Manganese, total [as Mn]020

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0096806.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0096806.

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 TX0096806.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0096806 for the PALAFOX MINING FACILITY in Laredo, TX, held by FARCO MINING, INC., which discharges to CARRICITOS CREEK &/OR UNNAMED TRIBS in the San Pedro Hill-Rio Grande subwatershed (HUC 130800020604). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor discharger class, and the facility records 7 pollutants on file, 4 under a numeric limit, and 2 with an effluent exceedance.