Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0115134
WHARTON COUNTY GENERATION FACILITY, Boling, TX: NPDES TX0115134 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WHARTON COUNTY GENERATION FACILITY, held by WHARTON COUNTY GENERATION LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0115134, which discharges to Drain Ditch, San Bernard River Above Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2019 and expiring October 31, 2024. 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 | WHARTON COUNTY GENERATION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WHARTON COUNTY GENERATION LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0115134 |
| 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 | October 31, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2024 |
| Address | Boling, TX 77420 |
| Receiving water | DRAIN DITCH, SAN BERNARD RIVER ABOVE TIDAL |
| Subwatershed | Linnville Bayou-San Bernard River (HUC 120904010302) |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 49 | 5 | April 30, 2007 | 8,233% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 4 | 6 | 2 | January 31, 2014 | 482% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 53 | 1 | November 30, 2013 | |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 13 | 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 TX0115134.
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.