Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0104400
US ECOLOGY TEXAS, Robstown, TX: NPDES TX0104400 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
US ECOLOGY TEXAS, held by US ECOLOGY TEXAS, INC, holds NPDES permit TX0104400, which discharges to Nueces County Drain Ditch No. 2, Ditch No 1. EPA’s file records it issued June 15, 2017 and expiring June 1, 2021. 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 | US ECOLOGY TEXAS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | US ECOLOGY TEXAS, INC |
| NPDES ID | TX0104400 |
| 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 15, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 1, 2021 |
| Address | Robstown, TX 78380 |
| Receiving water | NUECES COUNTY DRAIN DITCH NO. 2, DITCH NO 1 |
| Subwatershed | Gertrude Lubby Lake-Petronila Creek (HUC 121102050606) |
| SIC | 4953 – Refuse Systems |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD069452340; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004835500096 |
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
- 5Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 10 | 43 | 41 | May 31, 2019 | |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 5 | 10 | 10 | April 30, 2021 | 297% over the limit |
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 5 | 7 | 6 | November 30, 2023 | 90% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 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 TX0104400.
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.