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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0134872

SI ENTERPRISES WWTP, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0134872 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SI ENTERPRISES WWTP, held by SI ENTERPRISES LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0134872, which discharges to Carpenters Bayou Tidal Portion Of Houston Ship Cha. 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 filedSI ENTERPRISES WWTP
Permittee as filedSI ENTERPRISES LLC
NPDES IDTX0134872
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 13, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2023
AddressHouston, TX 77015
Receiving waterCARPENTERS BAYOU TIDAL PORTION OF HOUSTON SHIP CHA
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCarpenters Bayou (HUC 120401040702)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXR000008920

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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 suspended36223June 30, 2026677% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]35112February 28, 2026380% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]35011February 28, 2026449% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2337February 28, 2026330% over the limit
Enterococci2144February 28, 202699,999% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2282August 31, 201726% over the limit
pH3290
Arsenic, dry weight5150
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5150
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1130
Selenium, dry weight390
Copper, dry weight390
Cadmium, dry weight390
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]390
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]390
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]390
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]390
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]390
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Level of pathogen requirements achieved260
Description of pathogen option used260
Vector attraction reduction alternative used260
Fecal coliform130
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]130
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure130
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method130
Annual amt of sludge incinerated130
Annual sludge production, total130
Annual amount of sludge land applied130
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit130
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill130
Annual amt sludge transported interstate130
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement130
Boundary areas130
Salmonella130
Pollutant table from 503.13130
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
October 28, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 22, 2019Permit 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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0134872 for SI ENTERPRISES WWTP in Houston, TX, held by SI ENTERPRISES LLC and discharging to Carpenters Bayou Tidal Portion Of Houston Ship Cha. The permit is administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger, with 38 pollutants under a numeric limit and 6 pollutants with an effluent exceedance listed.