Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0128678
KENEDY COUNTY REST AREA WWTF, Sarita, TX: NPDES TX0128678 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KENEDY COUNTY REST AREA WWTF, held by TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, holds NPDES permit TX0128678, which discharges to Drainage Ditch;Unnamed Nat Drainage;Lower Laguan M. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2020 and expiring July 20, 2025. 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 | KENEDY COUNTY REST AREA WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION |
| NPDES ID | TX0128678 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 20, 2020 |
| Expiration date | July 20, 2025 |
| Address | Sarita, TX 78385 |
| Receiving water | DRAINAGE DITCH;UNNAMED NAT DRAINAGE;LOWER LAGUAN M |
| Subwatershed | Middle Laguna Madre (HUC 121102070000) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 36Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 36With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 34 | 4 | May 31, 2023 | 187% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 23 | 3 | May 31, 2023 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 32 | 2 | May 31, 2023 | 74% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dry weight | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dry weight | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dry weight | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Level of pathogen requirements achieved | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Description of pathogen option used | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Vector attraction reduction alternative used | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Pollutant table from 503.13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Fecal coliform | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual sludge production, total | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge transported interstate | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Unit w/liner/leachate collection system | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Boundary areas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Salmonella | 0 | 4 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0128678.
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.