Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0077534
BALCONES CEMENT PLANT, New Braunfels, TX: NPDES TX0077534 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BALCONES CEMENT PLANT, held by CEMEX CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0077534, which discharges to Storm Water Settling Pond Controlle. EPA’s file records it issued April 24, 2015 and expiring February 1, 2020. 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 | BALCONES CEMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CEMEX CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0077534 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 24, 2015 |
| Expiration date | February 1, 2020 |
| Address | New Braunfels, TX 78132 |
| Receiving water | STORM WATER SETTLING POND CONTROLLE |
| Subwatershed | Dry Comal River-Guadalupe River (HUC 121002020106) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD093742005; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004809100010 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 10Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 15 | 10 | August 31, 2012 | 73% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 20 | 4 | November 30, 2013 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 15 | 4 | October 31, 2021 | 366% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2010 | 36% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 3, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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.