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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0123510

JACK A FUSCO ENERGY CENTER, Richmond, TX: NPDES TX0123510 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JACK A FUSCO ENERGY CENTER, held by JACK A FUSCO ENERGY CENTER LLC+, holds NPDES permit TX0123510, which discharges to Brazos River Below Navasota River. EPA’s file records it issued October 4, 2019 and expiring October 4, 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 filedJACK A FUSCO ENERGY CENTER
Permittee as filedJACK A FUSCO ENERGY CENTER LLC+
NPDES IDTX0123510
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 4, 2019
Expiration dateOctober 4, 2024
AddressRichmond, TX 77469
Receiving waterBrazos River Below Navasota River
SubwatershedDry Bayou-Brazos River (HUC 120701040409)
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXR000048934; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004815700214

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
pH6139October 31, 2024
Oil & Grease4113June 30, 202693% over the limit
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]4122April 30, 201615% over the limit
Solids, total suspended491December 31, 2004114% over the limit
Chlorine, free available051September 30, 200566% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual111November 30, 201460% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6220
Solids, total dissolved260
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit240
Chloride [as Cl]240
Sulfate, total [as SO4]240
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex120
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas120
Chromium, total [as Cr]400
Zinc, total [as Zn]400
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1100
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2100

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 25, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0123510.

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 TX0123510.

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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JACK A FUSCO ENERGY CENTER, Richmond, Texas: Individual permit TX0123510, held by JACK A FUSCO ENERGY CENTER LLC+; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 4, 2019, term to October 4, 2024; discharges to Brazos River Below Navasota River.

  • pH: 6 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 9 effluent exceedances, latest October 31, 2024.
  • Oil & Grease: 4 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 2026, largest 93% over the limit.
  • Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2016, largest 15% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2004, largest 114% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, free available: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2005, largest 66% over the limit.
  • Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest November 30, 2014, largest 60% over the limit.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 6 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total dissolved: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chloride [as Cl]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chromium, total [as Cr]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Zinc, total [as Zn]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • May 25, 2023: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

JACK A FUSCO ENERGY CENTER among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 17 discharge permits in the Dry Bayou-Brazos River subwatershed (HUC 120701040409), TX0123510 among them. Its county holds 1,100, 41 of them major permits; TX0123510 is a major permit.

Other permits in the Dry Bayou-Brazos River subwatershed (HUC 120701040409)

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit TX0123510 for JACK A FUSCO ENERGY CENTER in Richmond, TX, which discharges to the Brazos River Below Navasota River within the Dry Bayou-Brazos River watershed (HUC 120701040409). The permit is listed as administratively continued and a Major Discharger class, with 16 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.