Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0126322
TEXAS BARGE & BOAT FREEPORT FACILITY, Freeport, TX: NPDES TX0126322 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TEXAS BARGE & BOAT FREEPORT FACILITY, held by TEXAS BARGE & BOAT INC, holds NPDES permit TX0126322, which discharges to Intercoastal Waterway Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued December 17, 2019 and expiring December 17, 2024. 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 | TEXAS BARGE & BOAT FREEPORT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TEXAS BARGE & BOAT INC |
| NPDES ID | TX0126322 |
| 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 | December 17, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 17, 2024 |
| Address | Freeport, TX 77541 |
| Receiving water | Intercoastal Waterway Tidal |
| Subwatershed | Lower Oyster Creek (HUC 120402050400) |
| SIC | 3731 – Ship Building And Repairing |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler TX0000095695; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004803900126 |
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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 69 | 17 | January 31, 2025 | 810% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 40 | 13 | June 30, 2025 | 220% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 106 | 5 | February 28, 2025 | |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 61 | 4 | March 31, 2009 | 260% over the limit |
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 2 | 52 | 2 | December 31, 2025 | 887% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 102 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 2 | 16 | 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 TX0126322.
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.