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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0128406

MINNOW BUCKET MARINA WWTP, Quitman, TX: NPDES TX0128406 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MINNOW BUCKET MARINA WWTP, held by HEMANI, FRANK, holds NPDES permit TX0128406, which discharges to Lake Fork Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued March 14, 2016 and expiring March 1, 2021. 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 filedMINNOW BUCKET MARINA WWTP
Permittee as filedHEMANI, FRANK
NPDES IDTX0128406
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
IssuedMarch 14, 2016
Expiration dateMarch 1, 2021
AddressQuitman, TX 75783
Receiving waterLAKE FORK RESERVOIR
SubwatershedLong Branch-Case Lake (HUC 120100030205)

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C316341June 30, 2026496% over the limit
Solids, total suspended313117April 30, 2026317% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1402November 30, 200672% over the limit
pH3790
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2760
Chlorine, total residual2760
Arsenic, dry weight5240
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5240
Selenium, dry weight3180
Copper, dry weight3180
Cadmium, dry weight3180
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3180
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3180
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3180
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3180
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3180
E. coli2140
Level of pathogen requirements achieved290
Description of pathogen option used290
Vector attraction reduction alternative used290
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Pollutant table from 503.13160
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method150
Annual amt of sludge incinerated150
Annual sludge production, total150
Annual amount of sludge land applied150
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit150
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill150
Annual amt sludge transported interstate150
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]140
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure140
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement140
Fecal coliform130
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Boundary areas130
Salmonella130
Annual whole sludge application rate100

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 TX0128406.

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 TX0128406 for the Minnow Bucket Marina WWTP in Quitman, TX, which discharges to Lake Fork Reservoir within the Long Branch-Case Lake subwatershed (HUC 120100030205). The permit is listed as administratively continued, and the facts show 37 pollutants on file, 37 under a numeric limit, 36 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.