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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0124362

SANDHILL ENERGY CENTER, Del Valle, TX: NPDES TX0124362 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SANDHILL ENERGY CENTER, held by AUSTIN, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit TX0124362, which discharges to Colorado Rv Below Lady Bird Lake/Town Lk. EPA’s file records it issued December 4, 2019 and expiring December 4, 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 filedSANDHILL ENERGY CENTER
Permittee as filedAUSTIN, CITY OF
NPDES IDTX0124362
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 4, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 4, 2024
AddressDel Valle, TX 78617
Receiving waterCOLORADO RV BELOW LADY BIRD LAKE/TOWN LK
SubwatershedCarson Creek-Colorado River (HUC 120902050409)

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 & Grease495January 31, 2019433% over the limit
Chlorine, free available264February 29, 2016640% over the limit
Solids, total suspended462July 31, 201275% over the limit
pH211February 29, 2016
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant10180
LOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48HR Acute Daphnia pulex470
Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex440
NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex440
LOAEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas440
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1730
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2730
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C220
Copper, total [as Cu]220
Iron, total [as Fe]220
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex110
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas110
LF Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Pimephales promelas400
NOAEC Lethal Static Renewal 48Hr acute Pimephales promelas400

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TX0124362.

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.