Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0111872
CITY OF SUGAR LAND NEW TERRITORY NORTH REGIONAL WWTP, Sugar Land, TX: NPDES TX0111872 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 48Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
CITY OF SUGAR LAND NEW TERRITORY NORTH REGIONAL WWTP, held by SUGAR LAND,CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0111872, which discharges to Brazos River Below Navasota River. EPA’s file records it issued October 15, 2019 and expiring October 15, 2024.
CITY OF SUGAR LAND NEW TERRITORY NORTH REGIONAL WWTP, Sugar Land, Texas: Individual permit TX0111872, held by SUGAR LAND,CITY OF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 15, 2019, term to October 15, 2024; discharges to Brazos River Below Navasota River.
- Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 3 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2021, largest 109% over the limit.
- Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 17 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2023, largest 155% over the limit.
- E. coli: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 8 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2023, largest 742% over the limit.
- Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2024, largest 120% over the limit.
- BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 3 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2021, largest 28% over the limit.
- Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- pH: 3 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1: 7 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2: 7 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Arsenic, dry weight: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Selenium, dry weight: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Copper, dry weight: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Cadmium, dry weight: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nickel, total [as Ni]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Level of pathogen requirements achieved: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Description of pathogen option used: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Vector attraction reduction alternative used: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Fecal coliform: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual whole sludge application rate: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt of sludge incinerated: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual sludge production, total: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amount of sludge land applied: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Annual amt sludge transported interstate: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Unit w/liner/leachate collection system: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Boundary areas: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Salmonella: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Pollutant table from 503.13: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- July 8, 2025: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
- November 30, 2022: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
Texas holds 1,720 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,227 were issued before TX0111872.
Coverages issued nearest TX0111872
- October 15, 2019: NEEDVILLE ISD WWTP, Needville, TX0077470, held by NEEDVILLE ISD
- October 15, 2019: BLESSING WWTP, Blessing, TX0091260, held by MATAGORDA COUNTY WCID 5
- October 15, 2019: FALLS TREATMENT PLANT 1, Colorado County, TX0096768, held by TFT UTILITIES LLC
- October 15, 2019: CITY OF ROSENBERG WWTP 1A, Rosenberg, TX0098914, held by CITY OF ROSENBERG
- October 15, 2019: DOVE SPRINGS WWTP, Georgetown, TX0101281, held by GEORGETOWN, CITY OF
- October 15, 2019: CITY OF GOLDTHWAITE WTP, Goldthwaite, TX0126667, held by GOLDTHWAITE, CITY OF
- October 15, 2019: FORT BEND COUNTY MUD 214 WWTP, Fulshear, TX0136018, held by FORT BEND COUNTY MUD 214
- October 16, 2019: CITY OF GORDON WTP, Gordon, TX0137022, held by GORDON, CITY OF
- October 23, 2019: BRENHAM WWTP, Brenham, TX0025470, held by BRENHAM, CITY OF
- October 23, 2019: JOHNSON CITY MUNICIPAL WWTP, Johnson City, TX0052973, held by JOHNSON CITY, CITY OF
CITY OF SUGAR LAND NEW TERRITORY NORTH REGIONAL WWTP among its neighbors
EPA’s permit file holds 111 discharge permits in the Rabbs Bayou-Brazos River subwatershed (HUC 120701040402), TX0111872 among them. Its county holds 1,100, 41 of them major permits; TX0111872 is a major permit.
Other permits in the Rabbs Bayou-Brazos River subwatershed (HUC 120701040402)
- ABHIAN PROPERTIES, Sugar Land: TXR15502Y, minor permit, discharging to BULLHEAD BAYOU CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2023
- BRAZOS REGIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES MG & D, Richmond: TXR1593WM, minor permit, discharging to RABBS BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
- BRAZOS RIVER BANK STABILIZATION PROJECT, Sugarland: TXR1559OU, minor permit, discharging to BRAZOS RIVER, permit term to March 4, 2028
- BRYAN ROAD MANAGEMENT, Richmond: TXR1534YZ, minor permit, discharging to COLORADO, permit term to March 4, 2028
- BULLHEAD SLOUGH IMPROVEMENTS AT US 90A AND SH 99, Sugarland: TXR1567YO, minor permit, discharging to BULLHEAD SLOUGH, permit term to March 4, 2028
- CHECKOUT 85, Richmond: TXR1572WY, minor permit, discharging to BRAZOS RIVER BELOW NAVASOTA RIVER, permit term to March 4, 2028
- CIRCLE OAK, Richmond: TXR1538XV, minor permit, discharging to RABBS BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
- CIRCLE OAK PH 3 DETENTION DRAINAGE & MITIGATION IMPROVEMEN, Richmond: TXR1593YV, minor permit, discharging to RABBS BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
- CIRCLE OAK SUBDIVISION, Richmond: TXR1551QG, minor permit, discharging to RABBS BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
- CITY OF RICHMOND MS4, Richmond: TXR040589, minor permit, discharging to RABBS BAYOU, permit term to January 23, 2024
Identity
| Facility as filed | CITY OF SUGAR LAND NEW TERRITORY NORTH REGIONAL WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SUGAR LAND,CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | TX0111872 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 15, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 15, 2024 |
| Address | Sugar Land, TX 77479 |
| Receiving water | Brazos River Below Navasota River |
| Subwatershed | Rabbs Bayou-Brazos River (HUC 120701040402) |
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 48Pollutants on file
- 48Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 21 | 18 | October 31, 2021 | 109% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 20 | 17 | January 31, 2023 | 155% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 8 | 8 | October 31, 2023 | 742% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 4 | July 31, 2024 | 120% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 3 | 6 | 3 | October 31, 2021 | 28% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual whole sludge application rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| November 30, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0111872.
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TX0111872.
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