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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0097047

RANKIN ROAD WEST MUD WWTP, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0097047 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RANKIN ROAD WEST MUD WWTP, held by RANKIN ROAD WEST MUD, holds NPDES permit TX0097047, which discharges to Hcfcd P145-00-00;Greens Bayou Above Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued January 26, 2018 and expiring December 1, 2022. 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 filedRANKIN ROAD WEST MUD WWTP
Permittee as filedRANKIN ROAD WEST MUD
NPDES IDTX0097047
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 26, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 1, 2022
AddressHouston, TX 77014
Receiving waterHCFCD P145-00-00;GREENS BAYOU ABOVE TIDAL
SubwatershedHeadwaters Greens Bayou (HUC 120401040601)
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
Solids, total suspended312413July 31, 202492% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]611810August 31, 202581% over the limit
E. coli2106April 30, 20221,646% over the limit
pH3773March 31, 2024
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2712November 30, 2008127% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]31530
Chlorine, total residual2740
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1510
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]530
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Vector attraction reduction alternative used230
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]130
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method130
Annual amt of sludge incinerated130
Annual sludge production, total130
Annual amount of sludge land applied130
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit130
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill130
Annual amt sludge transported interstate130
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure120
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement120
Level of pathogen requirements achieved210
Description of pathogen option used210
Pollutant table from 503.13110
Arsenic, dry weight500
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Fecal coliform100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100

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 TX0097047.

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 TX0097047 for the RANKIN ROAD WEST MUD WWTP in Houston, TX, held by RANKIN ROAD WEST MUD, which discharges to HCFCD P145-00-00;GREENS BAYOU ABOVE TIDAL in the Headwaters Greens Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040601). The facts list a permit status of Effective, a discharger class of Minor discharger, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with 38 pollutants on file.