East Texas Paper Mill

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Lufkin, TX · Angelina County · Pulp Mills (NAICS 322110)

1 · Permit Profile

Permit Type

NPDES Wastewater

Permit Number

TX0023456

Regulatory Agency

EPA Region 6

Issued

Apr 1, 2020

Expires

Mar 31, 2025

Days Until Expiration

Expired

2 · Obligation Burden

By obligation type

Monitoring21

Reporting16

Recordkeeping13

Notification6

Operational Limit5

Maintenance2

Total63

By frequency

Daily / Continuous3

Monthly / Quarterly27

Annual22

Event-Triggered11

Daily/continuous obligations represent the highest operational load — they require ongoing staffing or automated monitoring systems.

3 · Key Obligations

Obligation	Type	Frequency	Due Date Logic
Monthly BOD5 and TSS sampling	Monitoring	Monthly	24-hour composite, first week of month
Quarterly dioxin/furan analysis	Monitoring	Quarterly	EPA-certified lab required, method 1613
Monthly discharge monitoring report	Reporting	Monthly	Submit to EPA via NeT-DMR by 20th
Annual 316(b) cooling water intake evaluation	Reporting	Annual	Submit by June 30 to EPA Region 6
Color and turbidity monitoring at downstream stations	Monitoring	Monthly	Compare to upstream baseline, report deviations
Permit deviation notification	Notification	Event-triggered	Oral within 24 hours, written within 5 days
Annual water quality standards review	Recordkeeping	Annual	Internal review and documentation by January 31
Quarterly process wastewater flow audit	Monitoring	Quarterly	Mass balance reconciliation with production data
Semi-annual sediment bioassay	Monitoring	Semi-annual	Spring and fall, at 3 designated transects
Annual Cluster Rules compliance report	Reporting	Annual	Submit by March 1 under Subpart B

Showing top 10 obligations by operational intensity. Source text from the permit document is not shown publicly.

4 · Operational Complexity

moderateOperational Complexity Tier

East Texas Paper Mill has a moderate compliance burden under its NPDES Wastewater permit. With 63 obligations — 21 monitoring, 16 reporting — this profile is manageable for an experienced compliance team but still carries meaningful recurring obligations and periodic regulatory reporting.

This view reflects the administrative complexity of the permit obligations found in the public permit document. It is not a compliance status or legal assessment. Obligation data is derived from publicly available permit documents processed through Indigoscale's extraction pipeline.

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Data derived from publicly available permit documents. ← Back to directory