Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0118320
VLS HOCKLEY, Hockley, TX: NPDES TX0118320 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VLS HOCKLEY, held by VLS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0118320, which discharges to Drainage Ditch;Unnamed Tributary. EPA’s file records it issued July 27, 2018 and expiring July 27, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | VLS HOCKLEY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VLS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LLC |
| NPDES ID | TX0118320 |
| 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 | July 27, 2018 |
| Expiration date | July 27, 2023 |
| Address | Hockley, TX 77447 |
| Receiving water | DRAINAGE DITCH;UNNAMED TRIBUTARY |
| Subwatershed | Mallard Lake-Cypress Creek (HUC 120401020103) |
| SIC | 4741 – Rental Of Railroad Cars |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TXD988087904; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004820101481 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 13 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TX0118320.
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 TX0118320.
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 October 14, 2026.