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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0139718

BELL COUNTY SAFETY REST AREA WWTF, Salado, TX: NPDES TX0139718 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BELL COUNTY SAFETY REST AREA WWTF, held by TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, holds NPDES permit TX0139718, which discharges to Salado Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 15, 2021 and expiring January 15, 2026. 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 filedBELL COUNTY SAFETY REST AREA WWTF
Permittee as filedTEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NPDES IDTX0139718
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 15, 2021
Expiration dateJanuary 15, 2026
AddressSalado, TX 76571
Receiving waterSalado Creek
SubwatershedMustang Creek-Salado Creek (HUC 120702030403)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TX0139718.

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 13, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 20, 2022Permit 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TX0139718, held by Texas Department of Transportation for the Bell County Safety Rest Area WWTF in Salado, TX, which discharges to Salado Creek within the Mustang Creek-Salado Creek subwatershed (HUC 120702030403). The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class, zero pollutants under a numeric limit, and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance.