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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0125679

JIM BERTRAM LAKE SYSTEM, Lubbock, TX: NPDES TX0125679 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JIM BERTRAM LAKE SYSTEM, held by LUBBOCK, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0125679, which discharges to Conquistador Lake; Llano Estacado. EPA’s file records it issued May 21, 2019 and expiring May 21, 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 filedJIM BERTRAM LAKE SYSTEM
Permittee as filedLUBBOCK, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0125679
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
IssuedMay 21, 2019
Expiration dateMay 21, 2024
AddressLubbock, TX 79415
Receiving waterCONQUISTADOR LAKE; LLANO ESTACADO
SubwatershedMcCauley Well-Yellow House Draw (HUC 120500011305)
SIC9511 – Air, Water, & Solid Waste Management

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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
Selenium, total [as Se]142December 31, 2014185% over the limit
pH281February 28, 2025
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant220
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]110

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
April 18, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
August 3, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0125679 for JIM BERTRAM LAKE SYSTEM in Lubbock, TX, held by LUBBOCK, CITY OF, which discharges to CONQUISTADOR LAKE; LLANO ESTACADO within the McCauley Well-Yellow House Draw subwatershed (HUC 120500011305). The permit is listed as administratively continued and a Minor discharger, with 2 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.