Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0103586
PARIS GENERATION, Paris, TX: NPDES TX0103586 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PARIS GENERATION, held by PARIS GENERATION, LP, holds NPDES permit TX0103586, which discharges to Unnamed Trib Of Smith Creek, Smith. EPA’s file records it issued June 16, 2017 and expiring December 1, 2020. 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 | PARIS GENERATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PARIS GENERATION, LP |
| NPDES ID | TX0103586 |
| 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 | June 16, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 1, 2020 |
| Address | Paris, TX 75460 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB OF SMITH CREEK, SMITH |
| Subwatershed | Upper Pine Creek (HUC 111401010702) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
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
- 26Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 19 | 4 | March 31, 2020 | 97% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 12 | 4 | August 31, 2022 | 7% over the limit |
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 15 | 3 | June 30, 2009 | 56% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 13 | 2 | April 30, 2014 | 276% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 34 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 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 TX0103586.
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.