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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FQ75

CITY OF ROCKDALE WWTP, Rockdale, TX: NPDES TXR05FQ75 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF ROCKDALE WWTP, held by City of Rockdale, holds NPDES permit TXR05FQ75. EPA’s file records it issued April 21, 2022 and expiring August 13, 2026.

CITY OF ROCKDALE WWTP, Rockdale, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR05FQ75, held by City of Rockdale; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued April 21, 2022, term to August 13, 2026.

  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Arsenic, total [as As]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Barium, total [as Ba]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Chromium, total [as Cr]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Copper, total [as Cu]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lead, total [as Pb]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Manganese, total [as Mn]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Nickel, total [as Ni]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Silver, total [as Ag]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Zinc, total [as Zn]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Selenium, total [as Se]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Mercury, total [as Hg]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • January 13, 2026: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).
  • January 13, 2026: Evaluation (S).
  • January 18, 2024: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

Texas holds 8,480 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 3,070 were issued before TXR05FQ75.

Coverages issued nearest TXR05FQ75

CITY OF ROCKDALE WWTP among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 13 discharge permits in the Reece Creek-East Yegua Creek subwatershed (HUC 120701020201), TXR05FQ75 among them. Its county holds 51, 2 of them major permits; TXR05FQ75 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Reece Creek-East Yegua Creek subwatershed (HUC 120701020201)

Identity

Facility as filedCITY OF ROCKDALE WWTP
Permittee as filedCity of Rockdale
NPDES IDTXR05FQ75
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
IssuedApril 21, 2022
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressRockdale, TX 76567
SubwatershedReece Creek-East Yegua Creek (HUC 120701020201)

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. C100
Arsenic, total [as As]100
Barium, total [as Ba]100
Cadmium, total [as Cd]100
Chromium, total [as Cr]100
Copper, total [as Cu]100
Lead, total [as Pb]100
Manganese, total [as Mn]100
Nickel, total [as Ni]100
Silver, total [as Ag]100
Zinc, total [as Zn]100
Selenium, total [as Se]100
Mercury, total [as Hg]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05FQ75.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 13, 2026Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 18, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 13, 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 TXR05FQ75.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TXR05FQ75, held by City of Rockdale for the CITY OF ROCKDALE WWTP in Rockdale, TX, an administratively continued minor discharger permit coded for industrial stormwater. The page lists 13 pollutants on file, 0 of which are under a numeric limit and 0 of which show an effluent exceedance, with the subwatershed given as Reece Creek-East Yegua Creek (HUC 120701020201).