Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0086363
WHARTON CHEMICAL COMPLEX, Hungerford, TX: NPDES TX0086363 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WHARTON CHEMICAL COMPLEX, held by LAMBERTI USA INCORPORATED, holds NPDES permit TX0086363, which discharges to San Bernard River. EPA’s file records it issued September 20, 2019 and expiring September 20, 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 filed | WHARTON CHEMICAL COMPLEX |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LAMBERTI USA INCORPORATED |
| NPDES ID | TX0086363 |
| 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 20, 2019 |
| Expiration date | September 20, 2024 |
| Address | Hungerford, TX 77448 |
| Receiving water | SAN BERNARD RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Rogers Lake-Sabine River (HUC 120100020608) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 77 | 66 | August 31, 2009 | 1,550% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 59 | 55 | June 30, 2026 | 4,951% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 68 | 33 | September 30, 2024 | 1,793% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 40 | 16 | November 30, 2018 | 129% over the limit |
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 3 | 45 | 11 | June 30, 2024 | 3,380% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 29 | 7 | April 30, 2018 | 49% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 54 | 3 | October 31, 2004 | 730% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 2 | April 30, 2025 | 94% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, > 60 minutes | 1 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2022 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| pH range excursions, monthly total accum | 1 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2022 | 8% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 1 | 1 | 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 TX0086363.
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.