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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FG89

BLACKHAWK REGIONAL WWTP, Friendswood, TX: NPDES TXR05FG89 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BLACKHAWK REGIONAL WWTP, held by Gulf Coast Authority, holds NPDES permit TXR05FG89. EPA’s file records it issued December 6, 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.

What the register holds for BLACKHAWK REGIONAL WWTP: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Friendswood, Texas, and 15 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05FG89.

Identity

Facility as filedBLACKHAWK REGIONAL WWTP
Permittee as filedGulf Coast Authority
NPDES IDTXR05FG89
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
IssuedDecember 6, 2021
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressFriendswood, TX 77546
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedClear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120402040100)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C200
Arsenic, total [as As]200
Barium, total [as Ba]200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]200
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Manganese, total [as Mn]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Silver, total [as Ag]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200
Selenium, total [as Se]200
Mercury, total [as Hg]200
E. coli100
Enterococci100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05FG89.

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 TXR05FG89.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR05FG89.

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 TXR05FG89.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TXR05FG89 for BLACKHAWK REGIONAL WWTP in Friendswood, TX, held by Gulf Coast Authority, with a permit status of administratively continued and a discharger class of Minor. The register lists 15 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and records no effluent or single-event violations for this permit.