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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0122203

UPPER LEON RIVER MWD WTP, Comanche, TX: NPDES TX0122203 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

UPPER LEON RIVER MWD WTP, held by UPPER LEON RIVER MWD, holds NPDES permit TX0122203, which discharges to Onsite Holding Pond;Drainage Ditch;Und Channel;Leo. EPA’s file records it issued July 3, 2019 and expiring July 3, 2024. 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 filedUPPER LEON RIVER MWD WTP
Permittee as filedUPPER LEON RIVER MWD
NPDES IDTX0122203
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 3, 2019
Expiration dateJuly 3, 2024
AddressComanche, TX 76442
Receiving waterONSITE HOLDING POND;DRAINAGE DITCH;UND CHANNEL;LEO
SubwatershedMustang Creek-Leon River (HUC 120702010503)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2298October 31, 2020275% over the limit
Solids, total suspended3374March 31, 201082% over the limit
pH3200
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Fecal coliform100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method100
Annual amt of sludge incinerated100
Annual sludge production, total100
Annual amount of sludge land applied100
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit100
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill100
Annual amt sludge transported interstate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100
Pollutant table from 503.13100

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 TX0122203.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0122203.

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 TX0122203.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0122203, held by UPPER LEON RIVER MWD for the UPPER LEON RIVER MWD WTP in Comanche, TX, and listed as administratively continued after its expiration date. The facts list 33 pollutants on file, 33 under a numeric limit, and 2 with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's issue and expiration dates given as July 3, 2019 and July 3, 2024.