Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0128741

HOLMES FOODS HATCHERY, Gonzales, TX: NPDES TX0128741 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
22Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

HOLMES FOODS HATCHERY, held by HOLMES FOODS, INC., holds NPDES permit TX0128741, which discharges to Pipe To Unnamed Trib Of Five Mile C. EPA’s file records it issued May 20, 2010 and expiring February 1, 2015. 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	HOLMES FOODS HATCHERY
Permittee as filed	HOLMES FOODS, INC.
NPDES ID	TX0128741
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 20, 2010
Expiration date	February 1, 2015
Address	Gonzales, TX 78629
Receiving water	PIPE TO UNNAMED TRIB OF FIVE MILE C
Subwatershed	Upper Five Mile Creek (HUC 121002020604)
SIC	0254 – Poultry Hatcheries

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

25Pollutants on file
22Under a numeric limit
25With a violation of any kind
0With 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	185
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]	2	182
pH	2	182
Solids, total suspended	2	182
Oil & Grease	2	182
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	182
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	2	182
E. coli	4	114
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	110
Coliform, fecal general	0	68
Calcium, dissolved [as Ca]	3	15
Magnesium, dissolved [as Mg]	3	15
Sodium, dissolved [as Na]	3	15
Conductivity	3	12
Sulphur, total elemental	3	12
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	3	12
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	3	12
Phosphorus, total [as P]	3	12
Calcium, total [as Ca]	3	12
Magnesium, total [as Mg]	3	12
Sodium adsorption ratio	3	12
Potassium, total [as K]	3	12
pH, in soil	3	12
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]	0	8
Nitrogen, total [as N]	0	3

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TX0128741.

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 TX0128741.

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0128741 for HOLMES FOODS HATCHERY in Gonzales, TX, held by HOLMES FOODS, INC., with a permit status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's stated dates as issued May 20, 2010 and expiring February 1, 2015.