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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0135763

PETRO NOVA CARBON CAPTURE PLANT, Thompsons, TX: NPDES TX0135763 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PETRO NOVA CARBON CAPTURE PLANT, held by PETRA NOVA CCS I LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0135763, which discharges to Smithers Lake;Dry Ck;Rabbs Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024.

PETRO NOVA CARBON CAPTURE PLANT, Thompsons, Texas: Individual permit TX0135763, held by PETRA NOVA CCS I LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 30, 2019, term to September 30, 2024; discharges to SMITHERS LAKE;DRY CK;RABBS BAYOU.

  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 8 limits, 16 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil & Grease: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chlorine, free available: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

PETRO NOVA CARBON CAPTURE PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 66 discharge permits in the Dry Creek-Rabbs Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120701040408), TX0135763 among them. Its county holds 1,100, 41 of them major permits; TX0135763 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Dry Creek-Rabbs Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120701040408)

  • A MYERS RD PH II, Richmond: TXR1594NQ, minor permit, discharging to BIG CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • ACC HOU - KOEBLEN, Rosenberg: TXR05GS02, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
  • ASM - KOEBLEN, Rosenberg: TXR05GS03, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
  • BIG CREEK SUBDIVISION, Richmond: TXR1549SR, minor permit, discharging to RABBS BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • BIG CREEK SUBDIVISION, Richmond: TXR1559RC, minor permit, discharging to RABBS BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • BONBROOK PLANTATION SOUTH SECTION 10, Rosenberg: TXR15501Q, minor permit, discharging to GAPPS SLOUGH, permit term to March 5, 2023
  • BRAES BAYOU PLANT, Richmond: TX0139190, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIB OF RABBS BAYOU;BIG CK, permit term to February 11, 2025
  • BRIDLEWOOD ESTATES, Richmonf: TXR1549TI, minor permit, discharging to GOPPS SLOUGH/RABBS BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • BRIDLEWOOD ESTATES - 5911 EVENING SUN CT - HOME BUILDING, Richmond: TXR1549WI, minor permit, discharging to GAPPS SLOUGH, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • CEMEX RICHMOND PLANT, Richmond: TXG111092, minor permit, discharging to BRAZOS RIVER BELOW NAVASOTA RIVER, permit term to November 7, 2011

Identity

Facility as filedPETRO NOVA CARBON CAPTURE PLANT
Permittee as filedPETRA NOVA CCS I LLC
NPDES IDTX0135763
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
IssuedSeptember 30, 2019
Expiration dateSeptember 30, 2024
AddressThompsons, TX 77481
Receiving waterSMITHERS LAKE;DRY CK;RABBS BAYOU
SubwatershedDry Creek-Rabbs Bayou (HUC 120701040408)

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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant8160
Solids, total suspended480
Oil & Grease480
pH240
Chlorine, free available240

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TX0135763.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0135763.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0135763.

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 TX0135763.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TX0135763 for PETRO NOVA CARBON CAPTURE PLANT in Thompsons, TX, held by PETRA NOVA CCS I LLC, which discharges to Smithers Lake, Dry Ck and Rabbs Bayou. The permit is listed as a minor discharger, administratively continued, with 5 pollutants on file, 5 under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.