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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0135615

NEW BADEN, Franklin, TX: NPDES TX0135615 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NEW BADEN, held by SANDERSON FARMS LLC PRODUCTION DIVISION, holds NPDES permit TX0135615, which discharges to Unnamed Trib;Mineral Ck;Duck Ck;Navaosta Rv. EPA’s file records it issued July 16, 2019 and expiring July 16, 2024. 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 filedNEW BADEN
Permittee as filedSANDERSON FARMS LLC PRODUCTION DIVISION
NPDES IDTX0135615
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
IssuedJuly 16, 2019
Expiration dateJuly 16, 2024
AddressFranklin, TX 77856
Receiving waterUNNAMED TRIB;MINERAL CK;DUCK CK;NAVAOSTA RV
SubwatershedMineral Creek (HUC 120701030404)
SIC2048 – Prepared Feeds

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 suspended2129December 31, 2025203% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant231September 30, 2022288% over the limit
pH211September 30, 2016
Oil & Grease230

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
June 8, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0135615.

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 TX0135615.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0135615 for the facility at New Baden, Franklin, TX, held by Sanderson Farms LLC Production Division, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The page lists 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and identifies the receiving water as Mineral Creek within subwatershed HUC 120701030404.