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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0138207

SANTE FE WWTP, Plum Grove, TX: NPDES TX0138207 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SANTE FE WWTP, held by UTILITIES INVESTMENT COMPANY INC, holds NPDES permit TX0138207, which discharges to Drainage Ditch;Unnamed Tirb Of Luce Bayou; Lk Hous. EPA’s file records it issued October 17, 2018 and expiring October 17, 2023. 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 filedSANTE FE WWTP
Permittee as filedUTILITIES INVESTMENT COMPANY INC
NPDES IDTX0138207
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
IssuedOctober 17, 2018
Expiration dateOctober 17, 2023
AddressPlum Grove, TX 77358
Receiving waterDRAINAGE DITCH;UNNAMED TIRB OF LUCE BAYOU; LK HOUS
SubwatershedLuce Bayou-Frontal Lake Houston (HUC 120401030205)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]311November 30, 202318% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant211December 31, 202318% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual211September 30, 202350% over the limit
Solids, total suspended300
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]300
pH200
E. coli200
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]100

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
September 14, 2023Permit 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 NPDES permit TX0138207 for the SANTE FE WWTP in Plum Grove, TX, held by UTILITIES INVESTMENT COMPANY INC, with a Minor Discharger class, an Administratively continued permit status, and discharge to DRAINAGE DITCH;UNNAMED TIRB OF LUCE BAYOU; LK HOUS in subwatershed HUC 120401030205. The facts list 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit recorded as issued October 17, 2018 and expiring October 17, 2023.