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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FC61

AEP KNOX LEE POWER PLANT, Longview, TX: NPDES TXR05FC61 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AEP KNOX LEE POWER PLANT, held by Southwestern Electric Power Company, holds NPDES permit TXR05FC61. EPA’s file records it issued November 18, 2021 and expiring August 13, 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 filedAEP KNOX LEE POWER PLANT
Permittee as filedSouthwestern Electric Power Company
NPDES IDTXR05FC61
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedNovember 18, 2021
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressLongview, TX 75603
SubwatershedLake Cherokee (HUC 120100020606)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXD000820944; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004818300007

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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 suspended2200
Arsenic, total [as As]2200
Barium, total [as Ba]2200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]2200
Chromium, total [as Cr]2200
Copper, total [as Cu]2200
Iron, total [as Fe]2200
Lead, total [as Pb]2200
Manganese, total [as Mn]2200
Nickel, total [as Ni]2200
Silver, total [as Ag]2200
Zinc, total [as Zn]2200
Selenium, total [as Se]2200
Mercury, total [as Hg]2200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05FC61.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR05FC61.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 17, 2026EvaluationS

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 TXR05FC61.

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 the NPDES discharge permit TXR05FC61 for AEP KNOX LEE POWER PLANT in Longview, Texas, held by Southwestern Electric Power Company, with a minor discharger class and an administratively continued status. The page lists 14 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it reports the permit as issued November 18, 2021 and expiring August 13, 2026.