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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0097292

RA-TE WWTP, Beaumont, TX: NPDES TX0097292 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RA-TE WWTP, held by RA-TE, INC., holds NPDES permit TX0097292, which discharges to Kidd Gully;Bayou Din;Hillebrandt Ba. EPA’s file records it issued November 21, 2016 and expiring July 1, 2019. 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 filedRA-TE WWTP
Permittee as filedRA-TE, INC.
NPDES IDTX0097292
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
IssuedNovember 21, 2016
Expiration dateJuly 1, 2019
AddressBeaumont, TX 77707
Receiving waterKIDD GULLY;BAYOU DIN;HILLEBRANDT BA
SubwatershedHillebrandt Bayou (HUC 120402010200)
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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C33030
pH32080
Solids, total suspended22020
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant22020
E. coli21260
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]11010
Arsenic, dry weight5300
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5300
Selenium, dry weight3180
Copper, dry weight3180
Cadmium, dry weight3180
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3180
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3180
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3180
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3180
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3180
Nickel, total [as Ni]2120
Level of pathogen requirements achieved2120
Description of pathogen option used2120
Vector attraction reduction alternative used2120
Fecal coliform160
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]160
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure160
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method160
Annual amt of sludge incinerated160
Annual sludge production, total160
Annual amount of sludge land applied160
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit160
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill160
Annual amt sludge transported interstate160
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system160
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement160
Boundary areas160
Salmonella160
Pollutant table from 503.13160
Annual whole sludge application rate100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TX0097292.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 29, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 27, 2019Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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 TX0097292 for the RA-TE WWTP in Beaumont, TX, held by RA-TE, INC., with a permit status of administratively continued and a discharger class of minor. The page lists 36 pollutants on file, 35 under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.