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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0098744

PINEY WOODS CONSERVATION CENTE, Broaddus, TX: NPDES TX0098744 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PINEY WOODS CONSERVATION CENTE, held by STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVER, holds NPDES permit TX0098744, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary; Sam Rayburn Rese. EPA’s file records it issued August 4, 2011 and expiring August 1, 2016. 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 filedPINEY WOODS CONSERVATION CENTE
Permittee as filedSTEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVER
NPDES IDTX0098744
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
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 4, 2011
Expiration dateAugust 1, 2016
AddressBroaddus, TX 75929
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIBUTARY; SAM RAYBURN RESE
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedNorris Creek-Angelina River (HUC 120200050904)
SIC8221 – Colleges And Universities

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 suspended35123September 30, 2019407% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1146September 30, 20137% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2264January 31, 2010173% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3240
pH3240
Chlorine, total residual2160
Arsenic, dry weight5150
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5150
E. coli2100
Selenium, dry weight390
Copper, dry weight390
Cadmium, dry weight390
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]390
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]390
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]390
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]390
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]390
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Level of pathogen requirements achieved260
Description of pathogen option used260
Vector attraction reduction alternative used260
Fecal coliform130
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]130
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure130
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
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement130
Boundary areas130
Salmonella130
Pollutant table from 503.13130
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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
November 13, 2018Permit 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 TX0098744 for Piney Woods Conservation Center in Broaddus, TX, held by Stephen F. Austin State Univer, which is administratively continued after its August 1, 2016 expiration. The permit lists a minor discharger class of 37, with 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it discharges to Unnamed Tributary; Sam Rayburn Rese in the Norris Creek-Angelina River subwatershed (HUC 120200050904).