Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0135160

FRONTIER PARK WWTP, Hemphill, TX: NPDES TX0135160 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

FRONTIER PARK WWTP, held by SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS, holds NPDES permit TX0135160, which discharges to Toledo Bend Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued June 18, 2021 and expiring June 18, 2026.

FRONTIER PARK WWTP, Hemphill, Texas: Individual permit TX0135160, held by SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 18, 2021, term to June 18, 2026; discharges to Toledo Bend Reservoir.

BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 3 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 40% over the limit.
Solids, total suspended: 3 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2024, largest 30% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 2 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2019, largest 120% over the limit.
pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

July 20, 2017: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

Texas holds 1,720 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 1,541 were issued before TX0135160. SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS holds 4 permits in Texas.

Other permits held by SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS

LAKE FORK COUNTRY CLUB ESTATESS WWTF, Emory: TX0123722, issued March 14, 2016
LAKE TAWAKONI STATE PARK WWTP, Hunt County: TX0129780, issued July 6, 2021
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY FM 429 WWTP, Quinlan: TX0139050, issued December 17, 2019

Coverages issued nearest TX0135160

June 2, 2021: HANKAMER WWTF, Hankamer, TX0133523, held by TRINITY BAY CONSERVATION DISTRICT
June 4, 2021: CITY OF CELINA WWTP, Celina, TX0023272, held by CELINA, CITY OF
June 14, 2021: CITY OF COMMERCE WWTF, Commerce, TX0020591, held by COMMERCE, CITY OF
June 14, 2021: NORTHWEST WWTP, Houston, TX0063011, held by HOUSTON, CITY OF
June 14, 2021: INDEPENDENCE TRIAL WWTP, San Marcos, TX0139131, held by & MCLB LAND LLC
June 21, 2021: CITY OF CLEBURNE WWTP, Cleburne, TX0047155, held by CLEBURNE, CITY OF
June 21, 2021: CITY OF COLMESNEIL WWTP, Colmesneil, TX0100692, held by COLMESNEIL, CITY OF
June 22, 2021: SABINE CREEK REGIONAL WWTP, Rockwall County, TX0126110, held by NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
June 24, 2021: CITY OF QUINLAN WWTP, Quinlan, TX0022331, held by QUINLAN, CITY OF
June 25, 2021: CITY OF ALPINE MUNICIPAL WWTF, Alpine, TX0022985, held by ALPINE, CITY OF

FRONTIER PARK WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Carrice Creek-Toledo Bend Reservoir subwatershed (HUC 120100041002), TX0135160 among them. Its county holds 19, 0 of them major permits; TX0135160 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Carrice Creek-Toledo Bend Reservoir subwatershed (HUC 120100041002)

PENDLETON WATER ASSOCIATION - PENDLETON WATER ASSOCIATION WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Many: LAG380204, minor permit, permit term to March 4, 2031

Identity

Facility as filed	FRONTIER PARK WWTP
Permittee as filed	SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS
NPDES ID	TX0135160
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 18, 2021
Expiration date	June 18, 2026
Address	Hemphill, TX 75948
Receiving water	Toledo Bend Reservoir
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Carrice Creek-Toledo Bend Reservoir (HUC 120100041002)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
3With 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	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	3	10	6	July 31, 2026	40% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	3	9	5	January 31, 2024	30% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	5	2	December 31, 2019	120% over the limit
pH	2	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	2	0
E. coli	2	2	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	1	1	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
July 20, 2017	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0135160.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TX0135160.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0135160 for the Frontier Park WWTP in Hemphill, TX, held by Sabine River Authority of Texas, with a permit status of administratively continued. The facts list 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit is recorded as issued June 18, 2021 and expiring June 18, 2026.