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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0100919

ODYSSEY ENERGY ALTURA COGEN, Channelview, TX: NPDES TX0100919 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ODYSSEY ENERGY ALTURA COGEN, held by ODYSSEY ENERGY ALTURA COGEN LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0100919, which discharges to Ditch;Hcfcd G1030203; Bear Lake. EPA’s file records it issued June 12, 2018 and expiring June 12, 2023. 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 filedODYSSEY ENERGY ALTURA COGEN
Permittee as filedODYSSEY ENERGY ALTURA COGEN LLC
NPDES IDTX0100919
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
IssuedJune 12, 2018
Expiration dateJune 12, 2023
AddressChannelview, TX 77530
Receiving waterDITCH;HCFCD G1030203; BEAR LAKE
SubwatershedHighlands Reservoir-San Jacinto River (HUC 120401040705)
SIC4931 – Electric And Other Services Combined
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXD982307431; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004820100387

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
pH454October 31, 2025
Oil & Grease333February 29, 202471% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]352June 30, 20197% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia4180
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia4180
LOAEC Survival Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia4180
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopis bahia)4130
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)4130
LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)4130
Chlorine, free available260
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant440
Copper, total [as Cu]240
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)140
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia140
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2720
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit220
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia beryllina020
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia beryllina020
LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia beryllina020
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1700

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 TX0100919.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0100919, held by ODYSSEY ENERGY ALTURA COGEN LLC for ODYSSEY ENERGY ALTURA COGEN in Channelview, TX, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The facts list 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within subwatershed HUC 120401040705.