Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0070530
MILBY STREET YARD, Houston, TX: NPDES TX0070530 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MILBY STREET YARD, held by BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, holds NPDES permit TX0070530, which discharges to Ditch;City Storm Sewer;Houston Ship. EPA’s file records it issued September 26, 2012 and expiring September 1, 2017. 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 | MILBY STREET YARD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | TX0070530 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 26, 2012 |
| Expiration date | September 1, 2017 |
| Address | Houston, TX 76106 |
| Receiving water | DITCH;CITY STORM SEWER;HOUSTON SHIP |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Country Club Bayou-Brays Bayou (HUC 120401040403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 2 | 17 | 12 | January 31, 2018 | 208% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 15 | 11 | October 31, 2008 | 150% over the limit |
| Flow [dry weather] | 2 | 26 | 10 | March 31, 2022 | 278% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 3 | May 31, 2019 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 5 | 1 | December 31, 2008 | 96% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphate, total [as PO4] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 1 | 4 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0070530.
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.