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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0128988

SMITH POINT WWTP, Anahuac, TX: NPDES TX0128988 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SMITH POINT WWTP, held by TRINITY BAY CONSERVATION DISTRICT, holds NPDES permit TX0128988, which discharges to Unnamed Tributary (Tidal); Trinity Bay. EPA’s file records it issued August 13, 2018 and expiring August 13, 2023. 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 filedSMITH POINT WWTP
Permittee as filedTRINITY BAY CONSERVATION DISTRICT
NPDES IDTX0128988
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 13, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2023
AddressAnahuac, TX 77514
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIBUTARY (TIDAL); TRINITY BAY
SubwatershedEast Fork Double Bayou (HUC 120402020100)
SIC4952 – 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

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
Enterococci2142September 30, 2017663% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C3180
pH3130
Solids, total suspended2120
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2120
Coliform, fecal general080
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]160
Arsenic, dry weight550
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]550
Selenium, dry weight330
Copper, dry weight330
Cadmium, dry weight330
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]330
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]330
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]330
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]330
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]330
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]130
Nickel, total [as Ni]220
Level of pathogen requirements achieved220
Description of pathogen option used220
Vector attraction reduction alternative used220
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure120
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method120
Annual amt of sludge incinerated120
Annual sludge production, total120
Annual amount of sludge land applied120
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit120
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill120
Annual amt sludge transported interstate120
Fecal coliform110
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system110
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
Boundary areas110
Salmonella110
Pollutant table from 503.13110
Chlorine, total residual200
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 TX0128988.

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 TX0128988 for the SMITH POINT WWTP in Anahuac, TX, held by TRINITY BAY CONSERVATION DISTRICT, with a Minor discharger class and a status of Effective. The page lists 38 pollutants on file, of which 37 are under a numeric limit and 1 has an effluent exceedance.