HOUSTON, CITY OF (SIMS BAYOU)

NPDES permit TX0062201 · Major POTW · administratively continued, expires 2002-08-31 · EPA's file as of 2026-09-19

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This permit expired on 2002-08-31 and is administratively continued: its last limits keep applying until a new permit is issued, and EPA still expects the reports.

EPA's record, 2025-09-01 to 2026-08-31

0values over a limit
0required values missing, on 0 form(s)
0of 19 forms filed late

Last period with anything received: 2026-07-31.

Reporting

Reports are due about 20 days after each monitoring period ends (the most common figure among TX permits in EPA's filings — check your permit).

Limits in force (35)

OutfallParameterStatisticLimitMonths
001Oxygen, dissolved [DO]MO MIN >= 4 mg/L all year
001pHMINIMUM >= 6 SU all year
001pHMAXIMUM <= 9 SU all year
001Solids, total suspended30DA AVG <= 15 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspended7 DA AVG <= 25 mg/L all year
001Solids, total suspended30DA AVG <= 3128 lb/d all year
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]30DA AVG <= 3 mg/L Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]30DA AVG <= 5 mg/L Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]7 DA AVG <= 6 mg/L Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]7 DA AVG <= 10 mg/L Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]30DA AVG <= 626 lb/d Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
001Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]30DA AVG <= 1042 lb/d Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant30DA AVG report only all year
001Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plantDAILY MX report only all year
001Chlorine, total residualINST MAX <= .099 mg/L all year
001Chlorine, total residualMO MIN >= 1 mg/L all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]30DA AVG <= 10 mg/L all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]7 DA AVG <= 15 mg/L all year
001BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]30DA AVG <= 2085 lb/d all year
TX1Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (Mysidopsis bahia)MO AV MN report only all year
TX1Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidiaMO AV MN report only all year
TX1NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)MO AV MN report only all year
TX1NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidiaMO AV MN report only all year
TX1NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)MO AV MN report only all year
TX1NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidia7 DA MIN report only all year
TX1NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Menidia menidiaMO AV MN report only all year
TXALC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)DAILY MN report only all year
TXALC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia)MO AV MN report only all year
TXALC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Cyprinodon variegatusDAILY MN report only all year
TXALC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Cyprinodon variegatusMO AV MN report only all year

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