Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXG110454
ELLINGTON PLANT, Houston, TX: NPDES TXG110454 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELLINGTON PLANT, held by SOUTHERN STAR CONCRETE, INC., holds NPDES permit TXG110454, which discharges to Drainage Channel, Horsepen Bayou. EPA’s file records it issued February 27, 2007 and expiring November 7, 2011. 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 | ELLINGTON PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SOUTHERN STAR CONCRETE, INC. |
| NPDES ID | TXG110454 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 27, 2007 |
| Expiration date | November 7, 2011 |
| Address | Houston, TX 77034 |
| Receiving water | DRAINAGE CHANNEL, HORSEPEN BAYOU |
| Subwatershed | Clear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120402040100) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 43 | 3 | July 31, 2015 | 109% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total [as Ba] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Menidia menidia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXG110454.
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.