Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0124419
FORNEY POWER CENTER, Forney, TX: NPDES TX0124419 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 32Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORNEY POWER CENTER, held by LA FRONTERA HOLDINGS LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0124419, which discharges to East Fork Trinity River. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 2017 and expiring October 1, 2021. 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 | FORNEY POWER CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LA FRONTERA HOLDINGS LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0124419 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 26, 2017 |
| Expiration date | October 1, 2021 |
| Address | Forney, TX 75126 |
| Receiving water | EAST FORK TRINITY RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| SIC | 4911 – Electric Services |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXR000051490; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004825700680 |
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
- 34Pollutants on file
- 32Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 20 | 5 | December 31, 2005 | 234% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 14 | 4 | September 30, 2015 | 63% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 14 | 2 | August 31, 2023 | 48% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 11 | 2 | August 31, 2006 | 25% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 2 | February 28, 2003 | 13% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 11 | 1 | March 31, 2005 | 78% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 9 | 1 | April 30, 2013 | 16% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 6 | 1 | January 31, 2005 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 13, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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.