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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0054721

CITY OF DEPORT WWTP, Deport, TX: NPDES TX0054721 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF DEPORT WWTP, held by DEPORT, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0054721, which discharges to Mustang Creek, Sulphur/S Sulphur Ri. EPA’s file records it issued July 28, 2006 and expiring January 1, 2011. 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 filedCITY OF DEPORT WWTP
Permittee as filedDEPORT, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0054721
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 28, 2006
Expiration dateJanuary 1, 2011
AddressDeport, TX 75435
Receiving waterMUSTANG CREEK, SULPHUR/S SULPHUR RI
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedUpper Mustang Creek (HUC 111403020104)

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
pH311475September 30, 2014
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C310619March 31, 201577% over the limit
E. coli03012March 31, 20151,547% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]14010April 30, 201153% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2719December 31, 2015397% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2666May 31, 201525% over the limit
Arsenic, dry weight5180
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5180
Selenium, dry weight3120
Copper, dry weight3120
Cadmium, dry weight3120
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]3120
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]3120
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]3120
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]3120
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]3120
Level of pathogen requirements achieved270
Description of pathogen option used270
Vector attraction reduction alternative used270
Nickel, total [as Ni]260
Fecal coliform140
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]140
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure140
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method140
Annual amt of sludge incinerated140
Annual sludge production, total140
Annual amount of sludge land applied140
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit140
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill140
Annual amt sludge transported interstate140
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement140
Salmonella140
Pollutant table from 503.13140
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system130
Boundary areas130
Annual whole sludge application rate100

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
May 10, 2017Permit 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 15, 2026.