Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXG830179

PALESTINE STATION, Montalba, TX: NPDES TXG830179 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
7Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PALESTINE STATION, held by EXPLORER PIPELINE COMPANY, holds NPDES permit TXG830179. EPA’s file records it issued October 12, 2018 and expiring September 12, 2023.

PALESTINE STATION, Montalba, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXG830179, held by EXPLORER PIPELINE COMPANY; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 12, 2018, term to September 12, 2023.

Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]: 1 limit, 19 violations of any kind, 7 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2010, largest 147% over the limit.
Benzene: 1 limit, 18 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest January 31, 2011, largest 130% over the limit.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 1 limit, 15 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs]: 1 limit, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination: 1 limit, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Hydrocarbons, petroleum: 1 limit, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by EXPLORER PIPELINE COMPANY

GREENVILLE STATION, Caddo Mills: TX0084328, issued June 16, 2021
EXPLORER PIPELINE - PORT ARTHUR STATION, Port Arthur: TX0116891, issued September 20, 2018
EXPLORER PIPELINE FAUNA FACILITY, Houston: TX0133141, issued July 3, 2018
EXPLORER PIPELINE ARLINGTON PUMPING STATION BREAKOUT, Euless: TXG670228, issued October 7, 2013

PALESTINE STATION among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Holly Spring Branch-Beaver Creek subwatershed (HUC 120302010207), TXG830179 among them. Its county holds 43, 3 of them major permits; TXG830179 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filed	PALESTINE STATION
Permittee as filed	EXPLORER PIPELINE COMPANY
NPDES ID	TXG830179
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	October 12, 2018
Expiration date	September 12, 2023
Address	Montalba, TX 75853
Subwatershed	Holly Spring Branch-Beaver Creek (HUC 120302010207)

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
7Under a numeric limit
7With a violation of any kind
2With 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
Methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE]	1	19	7	February 28, 2010	147% over the limit
Benzene	1	18	6	January 31, 2011	130% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]	1	15	0
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons [PAHs]	1	14	0
pH	2	12	0
Benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, xylene combination	1	12	0
Hydrocarbons, petroleum	1	12	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXG830179.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXG830179.

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 TXG830179.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TXG830179 for PALESTINE STATION in Montalba, TX, held by EXPLORER PIPELINE COMPANY, which is listed as administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 7 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, 2 with a violation of any kind, and 2 with an effluent exceedance, within the Holly Spring Branch-Beaver Creek subwatershed (HUC 120302010207).