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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0129640

CITY OF CRESSON WWTP 1, Cresson, TX: NPDES TX0129640 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF CRESSON WWTP 1, held by CITY OF CRESSON, holds NPDES permit TX0129640, which discharges to Fall Creek; Brazos River. EPA’s file records it issued May 21, 2015 and expiring May 1, 2019. 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 filedCITY OF CRESSON WWTP 1
Permittee as filedCITY OF CRESSON
NPDES IDTX0129640
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 21, 2015
Expiration dateMay 1, 2019
AddressCresson, TX 76035
Receiving waterFALL CREEK; BRAZOS RIVER
SubwatershedFall Creek (HUC 120602011301)
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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]31948March 31, 2024133% over the limit
Solids, total suspended31926December 31, 202057% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21324July 31, 202442% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]31882November 30, 201930% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual21311September 30, 201641% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1631October 31, 201920% over the limit
E. coli2291August 31, 20152% over the limit
pH31280
Arsenic, dry weight5200
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5200
Selenium, dry weight3120
Copper, dry weight3120
Cadmium, dry weight3120
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3120
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3120
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3120
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3120
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3120
Nickel, total [as Ni]280
Level of pathogen requirements achieved280
Description of pathogen option used280
Vector attraction reduction alternative used280
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement170
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]150
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure150
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
Fecal coliform140
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system140
Boundary areas140
Salmonella140
Pollutant table from 503.13140
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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
April 7, 2022Permit 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 TX0129640, held by CITY OF CRESSON for CITY OF CRESSON WWTP 1 in Cresson, TX, which discharges to Fall Creek and the Brazos River. The page lists a permit status of Administratively continued, a Minor discharger class, 38 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 7 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.