Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0103608
COLOR SPOT NURSERIES- KATY, Rosenberg, TX: NPDES TX0103608 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLOR SPOT NURSERIES- KATY, held by LONE STAR GROWERS LP, holds NPDES permit TX0103608, which discharges to Flewellen Creek,Jones Creek,Upper O. EPA’s file records it issued May 28, 2009 and expiring December 1, 2013. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | COLOR SPOT NURSERIES- KATY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LONE STAR GROWERS LP |
| NPDES ID | TX0103608 |
| 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 | May 28, 2009 |
| Expiration date | December 1, 2013 |
| Address | Rosenberg, TX 77406 |
| Receiving water | FLEWELLEN CREEK,JONES CREEK,UPPER O |
| Subwatershed | Upper Oyster Creek (HUC 120402050100) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 22 | 10 | January 31, 2007 | 160% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 37 | 6 | October 31, 2006 | 123% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Malathion | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Diazinon | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Guthion | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chlorpyrifos | 1 | 9 | 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 TX0103608.
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 September 15, 2026.