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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXG670170

NUSTAR LOGISTICS HOUSTON ASPHALT TERMINAL, Houston, TX: NPDES TXG670170 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NUSTAR LOGISTICS HOUSTON ASPHALT TERMINAL, held by NUSTAR LOGISTICS LP, holds NPDES permit TXG670170, which discharges to Houston Ship Channel. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 2011 and expiring April 4, 2015. 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.

What the register holds for NUSTAR LOGISTICS HOUSTON ASPHALT TERMINAL: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Houston, Texas, its receiving water, and 5 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXG670170.

Identity

Facility as filedNUSTAR LOGISTICS HOUSTON ASPHALT TERMINAL
Permittee as filedNUSTAR LOGISTICS LP
NPDES IDTXG670170
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
IssuedFebruary 25, 2011
Expiration dateApril 4, 2015
AddressHouston, TX 77011
Receiving waterHOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedVince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXR000080504

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
pH200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination200
Benzene200
Hydrocarbons, petroleum200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXG670170.

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 TXG670170.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXG670170.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TXG670170.

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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NUSTAR LOGISTICS HOUSTON ASPHALT TERMINAL, Houston, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXG670170, held by NUSTAR LOGISTICS LP; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 25, 2011, term to April 4, 2015; discharges to HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL.

  • pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Lead, total [as Pb]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Benzene: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Hydrocarbons, petroleum: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by NUSTAR LOGISTICS LP

NUSTAR LOGISTICS HOUSTON ASPHALT TERMINAL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 301 discharge permits in the Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040703), TXG670170 among them. Its county holds 4,455, 195 of them major permits; TXG670170 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040703)

  • 019-HOU3-22 HOUSTON CONCRETE SILOS, Houston: TXR1594NZ, minor permit, discharging to HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/BUFFALO BAYOU TIDAL, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • 1111 FANNIN, Houston: TXR1556LZ, minor permit, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • 225 RAIL YARD, Pasadena: TXR15425W, minor permit, discharging to HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/BUFFALO BAYOU TIDAL, permit term to March 4, 2023
  • 500 MAYO SHELL ROAD, Galena Park: TXR05GS62, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
  • 69TH ST WWTP, Houston: TX0096172, major permit, discharging to Buffalo Bayou, permit term to September 1, 2002
  • 8815 MISSISSIPPI, Houston: TXR05GD86, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
  • 8825 MISSISSIPPI STREET, Houston: TXR05GE47, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
  • A AND A METALS, Houston: TXRNEBJ94, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
  • AEI RED BLUFF, Pasadena: TXRNECR17, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
  • AES DEEPWATER COGENERATION PLA, Pasadena: TX0128830, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED DITCH, VINCE BAYOU TIDAL PO, permit term to September 1, 2017

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES discharge permit TXG670170 for NUSTAR LOGISTICS HOUSTON ASPHALT TERMINAL in Houston, TX, held by NUSTAR LOGISTICS LP and discharging to Houston Ship Channel, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The register lists 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance for this permit.