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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0121053

CAL-TEX LUMBER, Nacogdoches, TX: NPDES TX0121053 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CAL-TEX LUMBER, held by CAL-TEX LUMBER COMPANY INC, holds NPDES permit TX0121053, which discharges to Bayou La Nana;Angelina River Above Sam Rayburn. EPA’s file records it issued September 12, 2018 and expiring September 12, 2023. 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 filedCAL-TEX LUMBER
Permittee as filedCAL-TEX LUMBER COMPANY INC
NPDES IDTX0121053
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 12, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 12, 2023
AddressNacogdoches, TX 75963
Receiving waterBAYOU LA NANA;ANGELINA RIVER ABOVE SAM RAYBURN
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
Oil & Grease151February 29, 201263% over the limit
pH290
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant260
E. coli250
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]140

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
April 4, 2024Permit 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.