Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0103578
BEST AMERICAN FACILITY, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0103578 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BEST AMERICAN FACILITY, held by JACKIE DIANE POWELL, holds NPDES permit TX0103578, which discharges to Roadside Ditch Adjacent To Plant Site;Unnamed Trib. EPA’s file records it issued July 12, 2018 and expiring July 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 filed | BEST AMERICAN FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | JACKIE DIANE POWELL |
| NPDES ID | TX0103578 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 12, 2018 |
| Expiration date | July 12, 2023 |
| Address | Houston, TX 77013 |
| Receiving water | ROADSIDE DITCH ADJACENT TO PLANT SITE;UNNAMED TRIB |
| Subwatershed | Lower Greens Bayou (HUC 120401040606) |
| SIC | 5015 – Motor Vehicle Parts, Used |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 24 | 18 | March 31, 2024 | 206% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 8 | 2 | December 31, 2007 | 31% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 7 | 1 | July 31, 2009 | 3% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 6 | 1 | October 31, 2004 | 900% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 6 | 1 | March 31, 2006 | 4% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0103578.
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.