Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0137910

RAVEN PLANT, Baytown, TX: NPDES TX0137910 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

RAVEN PLANT, held by RAVEN BUTENE - 1 LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0137910, which discharges to Cedar Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued June 15, 2018 and expiring June 15, 2023.

RAVEN PLANT, Baytown, Texas: Individual permit TX0137910, held by RAVEN BUTENE - 1 LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 15, 2018, term to June 15, 2023; discharges to CEDAR BAYOU.

Solids, total suspended: 4 limits, 36 violations of any kind, 36 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2026, largest 556% over the limit.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 2 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2020, largest 377% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 6 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2022, largest 37,802,932% over the limit.
pH: 4 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2024.
Enterococci: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2020, largest 3,219% over the limit.
Chlorine, total residual: 1 limit, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2019, largest 42% over the limit.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

RAVEN PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 67 discharge permits in the Ellis Branch-Cedar Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120402030105), TX0137910 among them. Its county holds 4,455, 195 of them major permits; TX0137910 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Ellis Branch-Cedar Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120402030105)

ARCANUM BAYTOWN SITE, Baytown: TX0003832, minor permit, discharging to CEDAR BAYOU TIDAL, permit term to October 4, 2023
ARCANUM BAYTOWN SITE, Baytown: TXR05GX94, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
ARCANUM BAYTOWN SITE, Baytown: TXR05HB19, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
ARCANUM BAYTOWN SITE, Baytown: TXR05HC83, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2031
ARCANUM PROJECT ROBIN, Baytown: TXR1547NZ, minor permit, discharging to CEDAR BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
BAY CREEK, Baytown: TXR1524YP, minor permit, discharging to ELLIS BRANCH, permit term to March 4, 2028
BAY CREEK, Baytown: TXR1586RH, minor permit, discharging to CEDAR BAYOU ABOVE TIDAL, permit term to March 4, 2028
BAY CREEK SEC ONE - DETENTION CLEARING GRUBBING GRADING, Baytown: TXR1548MV, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED CREEK THENCE ELLIS BRANCH, permit term to March 4, 2028
BAY CREEK SECTION 1, Baytown: TXR1550OL, minor permit, discharging to TABBS BAY, permit term to March 4, 2028
BAYTOWN COMMERCE CENTER - BUILDING 1, Baytown: TXR1557JI, minor permit, discharging to CEDAR BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	RAVEN PLANT
Permittee as filed	RAVEN BUTENE - 1 LLC
NPDES ID	TX0137910
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 15, 2018
Expiration date	June 15, 2023
Address	Baytown, TX 77521
Receiving water	CEDAR BAYOU
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Ellis Branch-Cedar Bayou (HUC 120402030105)

Effluent limits and exceedances

8Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
6With a violation of any kind
6With 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
Solids, total suspended	4	36	36	July 31, 2026	556% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	2	7	7	March 31, 2020	377% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	6	2	2	August 31, 2022	37,802,932% over the limit
pH	4	2	2	February 29, 2024
Enterococci	2	2	2	February 29, 2020	3,219% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	1	1	1	December 31, 2019	42% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	2	0	0
Oil & Grease	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0137910.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TX0137910.

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 TX0137910.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0137910 for the RAVEN PLANT in Baytown, TX, held by RAVEN BUTENE - 1 LLC and discharging to CEDAR BAYOU within the Ellis Branch-Cedar Bayou (HUC 120402030105) subwatershed. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 6 of which are under a numeric limit and 6 of which show an effluent exceedance.