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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0007323

ISP TECHNOLOGIES WWTP, Texas City, TX: NPDES TX0007323 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ISP TECHNOLOGIES WWTP, held by ISP TECH TEXAS INC, holds NPDES permit TX0007323, which discharges to Unnamed Drainage Ditch; Moses Bayou;Moses Lk. EPA’s file records it issued April 17, 2019 and expiring April 17, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedISP TECHNOLOGIES WWTP
Permittee as filedISP TECH TEXAS INC
NPDES IDTX0007323
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 17, 2019
Expiration dateApril 17, 2024
AddressTexas City, TX 77590
Receiving waterUNNAMED DRAINAGE DITCH; MOSES BAYOU;MOSES LK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedDickinson Bayou (HUC 120402040200)

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
Solids, total suspended42113June 30, 2025233% over the limit
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]3136July 31, 2016236% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]284November 30, 201890% over the limit
pH4153November 30, 2022
Oil & Grease3152October 31, 20132,600% over the limit
Nickel, total [as Ni]491August 31, 200513% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant491September 30, 2018113% over the limit
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2200
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2180
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)2170
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)2160
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)2130
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2100
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2100
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2100
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia2100
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)290
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)290
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)290
pH range excursions, monthly total accum190
Zinc, total [as Zn]480
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)160
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia160
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit130
pH range excursions, > 60 minutes130
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1310
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2310
Aluminum, total [as Al]200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 8, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.