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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0055123

NACOGDOCHES PLANT 2A WWTP, Nacogdoches, TX: NPDES TX0055123 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NACOGDOCHES PLANT 2A WWTP, held by NACOGDOCHES, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0055123, which discharges to Bayou La Nana;Angelina Rv Above Sam Rayburn Res. EPA’s file records it issued April 9, 2019 and expiring April 9, 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 filedNACOGDOCHES PLANT 2A WWTP
Permittee as filedNACOGDOCHES, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0055123
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 9, 2019
Expiration dateApril 9, 2024
AddressNacogdoches, TX 75961
Receiving waterBAYOU LA NANA;ANGELINA RV ABOVE SAM RAYBURN RES
SubwatershedBlack Bayou-La Nana Bayou (HUC 120200050102)

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]37043May 31, 2026800% over the limit
Solids, total suspended34925July 31, 2026490% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]3366July 31, 2015100% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2286July 31, 2015759% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1134June 30, 200737% over the limit
E. coli233February 28, 2025507% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4572January 31, 2014929% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]3382March 31, 2008278% over the limit
pH3272September 30, 2008
Copper, total [as Cu]0191January 31, 200263% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]0191June 30, 200554% over the limit
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2420
Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2400
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2400
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2400
NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2360
NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2360
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2300
Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas2300
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2300
LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2300
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia2300
LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas2300
Arsenic, dry weight5100
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]5100
Chloride [as Cl]360
Selenium, dry weight360
Copper, dry weight360
Cadmium, dry weight360
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]360
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]360
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]360
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]360
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]360
Annual sludge production, total160
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex160
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas160
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method150
Annual amount of sludge land applied150
Annual amt. sludge disposed surface unit150
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill150
Nickel, total [as Ni]240
Level of pathogen requirements achieved240
Description of pathogen option used240
Vector attraction reduction alternative used240
Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure140
Annual amt of sludge incinerated140
Annual amt sludge transported interstate140
Solids, total dissolved330
Compliance w/part 258 sludge requirement130
Fecal coliform120
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]120
Unit w/liner/leachate collection system120
Boundary areas120
Salmonella120
Pollutant table from 503.13120
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
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
September 12, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 20, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
June 26, 2018Permit 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.