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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0119661

LOST PINES 1 POWER PLANT, Bastrop, TX: NPDES TX0119661 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LOST PINES 1 POWER PLANT, held by GENTEX POWER CORPORATION+, holds NPDES permit TX0119661, which discharges to Sim Gideon Power Pl;Discharge Canal To Lk Bastrop. EPA’s file records it issued December 6, 2019 and expiring December 6, 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 filedLOST PINES 1 POWER PLANT
Permittee as filedGENTEX POWER CORPORATION+
NPDES IDTX0119661
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
IssuedDecember 6, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 6, 2024
AddressBastrop, TX 78602
Receiving waterSIM GIDEON POWER PL;DISCHARGE CANAL TO LK BASTROP
SubwatershedSpicer Creek-Piney Creek (HUC 120903010205)
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXR000042655; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004802100012

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Solids, total suspended6273December 31, 201335% over the limit
pH6191December 31, 2004
Chlorine, total residual071June 30, 200410% over the limit
Oil & Grease6440
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6190
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C080
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]120
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Iron, total [as Fe]200

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 TX0119661.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0119661 for the Lost Pines 1 Power Plant in Bastrop, TX, held by Gentex Power Corporation, which is listed as administratively continued and classed as a Minor discharger. The page lists 7 for the discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued December 6, 2019 and expiring December 6, 2024.