Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0070068
COLETO CREEK POWER STATION, Fannin, TX: NPDES TX0070068 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 31Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLETO CREEK POWER STATION, held by COLETO CREEK POWER, LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0070068, which discharges to Coleto Creek Reservior. EPA’s file records it issued May 23, 2006 and expiring February 1, 2010. 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 filed | COLETO CREEK POWER STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COLETO CREEK POWER, LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0070068 |
| 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 | May 23, 2006 |
| Expiration date | February 1, 2010 |
| Address | Fannin, TX 77960 |
| Receiving water | COLETO CREEK RESERVIOR |
| Subwatershed | Perdido Creek-Coleto Creek (HUC 121002040304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 31Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 8 | 17 | 7 | August 31, 2007 | 7,217% over the limit |
| pH | 30 | 31 | 1 | October 31, 2024 | |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 5 | 1 | September 30, 2021 | 22% over the limit |
| Chlorine, free available | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 13 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 13 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 13 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pinephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Depth of pond or reservoir in feet | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 16, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| November 28, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| October 19, 2021 | 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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