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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0127582

ALABAMA COUSHATTA TRIBE OF TX, Livingston, TX: NPDES TX0127582 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ALABAMA COUSHATTA TRIBE OF TX holds NPDES permit TX0127582, which discharges to Big Sandy Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 27, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 filedALABAMA COUSHATTA TRIBE OF TX
Permittee as filedALABAMA COUSHATTA TRIBE OF TX
NPDES IDTX0127582
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 27, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2023
AddressLivingston, TX 77351
Receiving waterBIG SANDY CREEK
SubwatershedJohnsons Mill Creek-Big Sandy Creek (HUC 120200060101)

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
E. coli212542June 30, 20261,820% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C423020February 28, 2026123% over the limit
pH2858August 31, 2025
BOD, 5-day, percent removal066January 31, 2026562% over the limit
Solids, total suspended42043February 29, 202411,543% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal033March 31, 202553% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant3980
Chlorine, total residual1410
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1350

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
March 30, 2022Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleEP6
March 30, 2022Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling ViolationEP6
March 30, 2022Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsEP6
February 19, 2020Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsEP6
February 19, 2020Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling ViolationEP6
February 19, 2020Failure to conduct required sampling and analysisEP6
February 19, 2020Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleEP6
February 19, 2020Other noncompliance with permit requirements or applicable enforcement orderEP6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0127582.

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 TX0127582.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0127582 held by ALABAMA COUSHATTA TRIBE OF TX in Livingston, TX, which discharges to BIG SANDY CREEK within the Johnsons Mill Creek-Big Sandy Creek subwatershed (HUC 120200060101). The permit is listed as a Minor discharger and administratively continued, and the figures on file show 9 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, and 6 with an effluent exceedance.