Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXG111834
FARRIS SAGINAW PLANT, Saginaw, TX: NPDES TXG111834 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FARRIS SAGINAW PLANT, held by ARGOS USA LLC, holds NPDES permit TXG111834, which discharges to Little Fossil Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 18, 2016 and expiring November 7, 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 | FARRIS SAGINAW PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ARGOS USA LLC |
| NPDES ID | TXG111834 |
| 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 | July 18, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 7, 2016 |
| Address | Saginaw, TX 76179 |
| Receiving water | LITTLE FOSSIL CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Sycamore Creek-West Fork Trinity River (HUC 120301020504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 4 | 2 | July 31, 2020 | |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2020 | 96% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 0 | 1 | 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 TXG111834.
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.