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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0129119

CROSS CREEK RANCH WWTP, Fulshear, TX: NPDES TX0129119 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CROSS CREEK RANCH WWTP, held by FORT BEND CO MUD 169 AND CITY OF FULSHEAR, holds NPDES permit TX0129119, which discharges to Constructed Water Quality Basin, Am. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2014 and expiring December 1, 2018. 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 filedCROSS CREEK RANCH WWTP
Permittee as filedFORT BEND CO MUD 169 AND CITY OF FULSHEAR
NPDES IDTX0129119
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 28, 2014
Expiration dateDecember 1, 2018
AddressFulshear, TX 77441
Receiving waterCONSTRUCTED WATER QUALITY BASIN, AM
SubwatershedUpper Oyster Creek (HUC 120402050100)
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
Solids, total suspended61313July 31, 2026271% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]61010May 31, 2026201% over the limit
E. coli476April 30, 20261,113% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight580
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]580
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]370
Selenium, dry weight360
Copper, dry weight360
Cadmium, dry weight360
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]360
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]360
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]360
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]360
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]640
Level of pathogen requirements achieved230
Description of pathogen option used230
Vector attraction reduction alternative used230
Nickel, total [as Ni]220
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas220
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia220
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas220
Pollutant table from 503.13120
pH510
Fecal coliform110
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]110
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure110
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method110
Annual amt of sludge incinerated110
Annual sludge production, total110
Annual amount of sludge land applied110
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit110
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill110
Annual amt sludge transported interstate110
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system110
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement110
Boundary areas110
Salmonella110
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant600
Chlorine, total residual400
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]200
Annual whole sludge application rate100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas100

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
April 27, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 13, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
March 16, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 7, 2017Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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 TX0129119 for the CROSS CREEK RANCH WWTP in Fulshear, TX, held by FORT BEND CO MUD 169 AND CITY OF FULSHEAR, with a discharge to CONSTRUCTED WATER QUALITY BASIN, AM in the Upper Oyster Creek subwatershed (HUC 120402050100). The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a Major Discharger class of 54, and 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, with 3 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.