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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0108421

OAK LANE TIGER CREEK WWTF, Vidor, TX: NPDES TX0108421 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OAK LANE TIGER CREEK WWTF, held by ORANGE COUNTY WCID NO. 1, holds NPDES permit TX0108421, which discharges to Unnamed Ditch;Tenmile Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2007 and expiring August 1, 2012. 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 filedOAK LANE TIGER CREEK WWTF
Permittee as filedORANGE COUNTY WCID NO. 1
NPDES IDTX0108421
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 31, 2007
Expiration dateAugust 1, 2012
AddressVidor, TX 77662
Receiving waterUNNAMED DITCH;TENMILE CREEK
SubwatershedBunns Canal-Neches River (HUC 120200030405)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Chlorine, total residual23412May 31, 201253% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3333February 28, 201393% over the limit
pH3351January 31, 2011
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]3311October 31, 200740% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2231October 31, 2006119% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3300
E. coli0220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]120
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure120
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method120
Annual amt of sludge incinerated120
Annual sludge production, total120
Annual amount of sludge land applied120
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit120
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill120
Annual amt sludge transported interstate120
Fecal coliform110
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
Salmonella110
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Boundary areas100
Pollutant table from 503.13100

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 TX0108421.

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 NPDES permit TX0108421 for the Oak Lane Tiger Creek WWTF in Vidor, TX, held by Orange County WCID No. 1, with its status listed as administratively continued and its discharge going to Unnamed Ditch;Tenmile Creek. The page lists 38 pollutants on file, of which 37 are under a numeric limit and 5 have recorded effluent exceedances.