Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXG110454

ELLINGTON PLANT, Houston, TX: NPDES TXG110454 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
20Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

ELLINGTON PLANT, held by SOUTHERN STAR CONCRETE, INC., holds NPDES permit TXG110454, which discharges to Drainage Channel, Horsepen Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued February 27, 2007 and expiring November 7, 2011.

ELLINGTON PLANT, Houston, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXG110454, held by SOUTHERN STAR CONCRETE, INC.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 27, 2007, term to November 7, 2011; discharges to DRAINAGE CHANNEL, HORSEPEN BAYOU.

Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 43 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest July 31, 2015, largest 109% over the limit.
pH: 4 limits, 86 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 2 limits, 43 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 43 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Arsenic, total [as As]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Barium, total [as Ba]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total [as Cr]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total [as Ni]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver, total [as Ag]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total [as Se]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia): 0 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia: 0 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by SOUTHERN STAR CONCRETE, INC.

FARRIS SAGINAW PLANT, Saginaw: TXG110418, issued February 27, 2007
JERSEY VILLAGE PLANT, Houston: TXG110447, issued February 27, 2007
IRVING PLANT, Irving: TXG110448, issued February 27, 2007
HURST PLANT, Hurst: TXG110449, issued February 27, 2007
GREENSPOINT PLANT, Houston: TXG110453, issued February 27, 2007
FULTON PLANT, Houston: TXG110455, issued February 27, 2007
DOWNTOWN DALLAS PLANT, Dallas: TXG110456, issued February 27, 2007
CINCO PLANT, Richmond: TXG110458, issued February 27, 2007
CEDAR HILL PLANT, Cedar Hill: TXG110459, issued February 27, 2007
COPPELL PLANT, Coppell: TXG110460, issued February 27, 2007

ELLINGTON PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 560 discharge permits in the Clear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay subwatershed (HUC 120402040100), TXG110454 among them. Its county holds 4,455, 195 of them major permits; TXG110454 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Clear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay subwatershed (HUC 120402040100)

10 PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER RELOCATION PLANS FOR EDG, Seabrook: TXR1567OE, minor permit, discharging to TAYLOR LAKE, permit term to March 4, 2028
11806 PORT ROAD, Seabrook: TXR1501PX, minor permit, discharging to BAYPORT CHANNEL, permit term to March 4, 2028
3223-01 HMCL MOB3 - ASC, Houston: TXR1557VH, minor permit, discharging to CLEAR LAKE, permit term to March 4, 2028
34 ACRES EGRET BAY MASS GRADING, League City: TXR1555QU, minor permit, discharging to ROBINSON BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
4 HORN PROPERTIES, Pasadena: TXR1565VB, minor permit, discharging to MIDDLE BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
42 WL FROM CLCWA WP 3 TO LEAGUE CITY BOOSTER PUMP STATION, Webster: TXR1580WY, minor permit, discharging to COW BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
541 WATER SYSTEM, Alvin: TX0141623, minor permit, discharging to DETENTION BASIN CHIGGER CRK;CLEAR CREEK, permit term to July 8, 2027
6951 MCHARD RD--JOJES CAPITAL, Houston: TXR1545QD, minor permit, discharging to CLEAR CREEK ABOVE TIDAL, permit term to March 4, 2028
A SCHULMAN, La Porte: TX0111350, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED DITCH; TAYLOR BAYOU, permit term to August 1, 2021
ACC HOU - MCHARD, Fresno: TXR05GQ82, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	ELLINGTON PLANT
Permittee as filed	SOUTHERN STAR CONCRETE, INC.
NPDES ID	TXG110454
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 27, 2007
Expiration date	November 7, 2011
Address	Houston, TX 77034
Receiving water	DRAINAGE CHANNEL, HORSEPEN BAYOU
Subwatershed	Clear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120402040100)
SIC	3273 – Ready-Mixed Concrete

Effluent limits and exceedances

22Pollutants on file
20Under a numeric limit
18With a violation of any kind
1With 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	2	43	3	July 31, 2015	109% over the limit
pH	4	86	0
Oil & Grease	2	43	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	43	0
Arsenic, total [as As]	4	12	0
Barium, total [as Ba]	4	12	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	4	12	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	4	12	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	4	12	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	4	12	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	4	12	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	4	12	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	4	12	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	4	12	0
Selenium, total [as Se]	4	12	0
Mercury, total [as Hg]	4	12	0
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)	0	6	0
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia	0	6	0
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1	2	0	0
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2	2	0	0
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex	2	0	0
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas	2	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXG110454.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXG110454.

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 TXG110454.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TXG110454 for the ELLINGTON PLANT in Houston, TX, held by SOUTHERN STAR CONCRETE, INC., and listed as administratively continued with a minor discharger class. The page reports 20 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with the permit's file dates shown as issued February 27, 2007 and expiring November 7, 2011.