Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0121762
BASTROP ENERGY CENTER, Cedar Creek, TX: NPDES TX0121762 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BASTROP ENERGY CENTER, held by BASTROP ENERGY PARTNERS LP, holds NPDES permit TX0121762, which discharges to Colorado River Below Lady Bird Lake. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2019 and expiring October 30, 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 | BASTROP ENERGY CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BASTROP ENERGY PARTNERS LP |
| NPDES ID | TX0121762 |
| 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 | October 30, 2019 |
| Expiration date | October 30, 2024 |
| Address | Cedar Creek, TX 78612 |
| Receiving water | COLORADO RIVER BELOW LADY BIRD LAKE |
| Subwatershed | Coleman Branch-Colorado River (HUC 120903010108) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 16With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 19 | 3 | September 30, 2022 | 860% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 6 | 2 | November 30, 2010 | 65% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 6 | 2 | December 31, 2005 | 38,450% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 9 | 1 | July 31, 2005 | 20% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 5 | 1 | July 31, 2005 | |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, free available | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 7 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 20, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| October 26, 2017 | 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.