Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0005576
RETERRA FACILITY, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0005576 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 82Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RETERRA FACILITY, held by RETERRA CORPORATION AND 1503 HADEN ROAD, LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0005576, which discharges to Greens Bayou; Houston Ship Channel,. EPA’s file records it issued August 15, 2018 and expiring August 15, 2023. 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 filed | RETERRA FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RETERRA CORPORATION AND 1503 HADEN ROAD, LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0005576 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 15, 2018 |
| Expiration date | August 15, 2023 |
| Address | Houston, TX 77015 |
| Receiving water | GREENS BAYOU; HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Greens Bayou (HUC 120401040606) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 82Pollutants on file
- 82Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 82 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hexachlorobenzene | 2 | 3 | 3 | August 31, 2006 | 1,624% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 1 | August 31, 2017 | 21% over the limit |
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methyl chloride [Chloromethane] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride, suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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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