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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0137600

CITY OF RICHMOND SWTP, Richmond, TX: NPDES TX0137600 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF RICHMOND SWTP, held by RICHMOND, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0137600, which discharges to 2 Routes; Nrg Canal, Brazos River. EPA’s file records it issued May 8, 2020 and expiring May 8, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedCITY OF RICHMOND SWTP
Permittee as filedRICHMOND, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0137600
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMay 8, 2020
Expiration dateMay 8, 2025
AddressRichmond, TX 77469
Receiving water2 ROUTES; NRG CANAL, BRAZOS RIVER
SubwatershedRabbs Bayou-Brazos River (HUC 120701040402)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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 suspended355June 30, 202639% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant211July 31, 20205% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight500
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]500
pH300
Selenium, dry weight300
Copper, dry weight300
Cadmium, dry weight300
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]300
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]300
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]300
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]300
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Level of pathogen requirements achieved200
Description of pathogen option used200
Vector attraction reduction alternative used200
Fecal coliform100
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]100
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure100
Annual whole sludge application rate100
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method100
Annual amt of sludge incinerated100
Annual sludge production, total100
Annual amount of sludge land applied100
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit100
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill100
Annual amt sludge transported interstate100
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system100
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement100
Boundary areas100
Salmonella100
Pollutant table from 503.13100

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
December 7, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 15, 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 TX0137600 for the CITY OF RICHMOND SWTP in Richmond, TX, held by RICHMOND, CITY OF, with a status of Effective and a Minor Discharger class. The page lists 33 pollutants on file, of which 2 are under a numeric limit and 2 have an effluent exceedance, within the Rabbs Bayou-Brazos River (HUC 120701040402) subwatershed.