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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0115002

AUSTWELL AQUA FARM INC, Austwell, TX: NPDES TX0115002 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AUSTWELL AQUA FARM INC, held by AUSTWELL AQUA FARM, INC., holds NPDES permit TX0115002, which discharges to Hynes Bay. EPA’s file records it issued July 26, 2010 and expiring March 1, 2015.

AUSTWELL AQUA FARM INC, Austwell, Texas: Individual permit TX0115002, held by AUSTWELL AQUA FARM, INC.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 26, 2010, term to March 1, 2015; discharges to HYNES BAY.

  • BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 4 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2007, largest 140% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2006, largest 24,224% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2007, largest 389% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 4 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2006, largest 10% over the limit.
  • LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopis bahia): 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia): 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Inorganic suspended solids: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia): 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2: 3 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia): 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • LOAEC Survival Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • June 16, 2017: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

AUSTWELL AQUA FARM INC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Hynes Bay-San Antonio Bay subwatershed (HUC 121004040000), TX0115002 among them. Its county holds 17, 0 of them major permits; TX0115002 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Hynes Bay-San Antonio Bay subwatershed (HUC 121004040000)

  • REFUGIO COUNTY WCID 1 WWTP, Tivoli: TX0054101, minor permit, discharging to MILLER CREEK NON-TIDAL;MILLER CK;TOWNSEND BAYOU, permit term to May 9, 2023

Identity

Facility as filedAUSTWELL AQUA FARM INC
Permittee as filedAUSTWELL AQUA FARM, INC.
NPDES IDTX0115002
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 26, 2010
Expiration dateMarch 1, 2015
AddressAustwell, TX 77950
Receiving waterHYNES BAY
SubwatershedHynes Bay-San Antonio Bay (HUC 121004040000)
SIC0273 – Animal Aquaculture

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
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4106October 31, 2007140% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2104November 30, 200624,224% over the limit
Solids, total suspended274November 30, 2007389% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]491October 31, 200610% over the limit
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopis bahia)260
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Menidia menidia260
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)260
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia260
pH220
Inorganic suspended solids220
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)110
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia110
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)200
LOAEC Survival Static Renewal 48HR Acute Menidia menidia200

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 16, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0115002.

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 TX0115002.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0115002, held by AUSTWELL AQUA FARM INC in Austwell, TX, which discharges to HYNES BAY within the Hynes Bay-San Antonio Bay watershed (HUC 121004040000). The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a Minor Discharger class, 17 pollutants on file, 17 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.