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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXG112161

HILLSBORO PLANT, Hillsboro, TX: NPDES TXG112161 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HILLSBORO PLANT, held by RATLIFF READY MIX LP, holds NPDES permit TXG112161, which discharges to Aquilla Reservoir. EPA’s file records it issued July 10, 2017 and expiring November 7, 2021. 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 filedHILLSBORO PLANT
Permittee as filedRATLIFF READY MIX LP
NPDES IDTXG112161
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 10, 2017
Expiration dateNovember 7, 2021
AddressHillsboro, TX 76645
Receiving waterAQUILLA RESERVOIR
SubwatershedLower Hackberry Creek (HUC 120602020502)
SIC3273 – Ready-Mixed Concrete

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH2104September 30, 2021
Solids, total suspended130
Oil & Grease130
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant130
Arsenic, total [as As]200
Barium, total [as Ba]200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]200
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Manganese, total [as Mn]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Silver, total [as Ag]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200
Selenium, total [as Se]200
Mercury, total [as Hg]200
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1100
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute D. Pulex100
LC50 Pass/Fail Static 24Hr Acute Pimephales promelas100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXG112161.

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.

What this page shows

This EPA public-records page covers NPDES permit TXG112161 for the HILLSBORO PLANT in Hillsboro, TX, held by RATLIFF READY MIX LP and discharging to AQUILLA RESERVOIR in the Lower Hackberry Creek subwatershed. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 20 pollutants on file, 1 of them under a numeric limit and 1 with an effluent exceedance.