Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0134431

LOAD TRAIL, Sumner, TX: NPDES TX0134431 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

LOAD TRAIL, held by LOAD TRAIL LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0134431. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2014 and expiring December 1, 2016. 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 filed	LOAD TRAIL
Permittee as filed	LOAD TRAIL LLC
NPDES ID	TX0134431
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 28, 2014
Expiration date	December 1, 2016
Address	Sumner, TX 75486
Subwatershed	Shooter Creek (HUC 111401010603)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

17Pollutants on file
16Under a numeric limit
17With a violation of any kind
9With 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
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	68	50	April 30, 2017	4,900% over the limit
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	68	50	April 30, 2017	1,500% over the limit
Silver, total [as Ag]	2	62	44	April 30, 2017	6,033% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	54	37	March 31, 2017	2,283% over the limit
Oil & Grease	2	48	31	April 30, 2017	804% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	45	27	May 31, 2016	310% over the limit
pH	2	39	19	April 30, 2017
Aluminum, total [as Al]	2	30	12	March 31, 2017	535% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	13	11	April 30, 2017	575% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	2	18	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	2	18	0
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]	2	16	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	2	16	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	16	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	16	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	16	0
Organics, total toxic [TTO]	1	8	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 TX0134431.

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.