Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0117005
WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS, Andrews, TX: NPDES TX0117005 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS, held by WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0117005, which discharges to Unnamed Ditches In Tx And Nm;Monument Draw. EPA’s file records it issued August 18, 2016 and expiring August 1, 2020. 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 filed | WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0117005 |
| 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 | August 18, 2016 |
| Expiration date | August 1, 2020 |
| Address | Andrews, TX 79714 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED DITCHES IN TX AND NM;MONUMENT DRAW |
| Subwatershed | Town of Maypens-Monument Draw (HUC 130700070206) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 18With 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 | 8 | 15 | 2 | September 30, 2011 | |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 8 | 2 | July 31, 2009 | 120% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 3 | 7 | 1 | July 31, 2012 | 6% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Naphthalene | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Terpineol | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pyridine | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Aniline | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| p-Cresol | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Benzoic acids, total | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Uranium, total | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beta/photon emitters | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alpha, gross particle activity | 1 | 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 TX0117005.
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 September 15, 2026.