Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR040096

CITY OF KEMAH MS4, Kemah, TX: NPDES TXR040096 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

CITY OF KEMAH MS4, held by City of Kemah, holds NPDES permit TXR040096, which discharges to Clear Lake Channel. EPA’s file records it issued August 8, 2023 and expiring January 23, 2024.

CITY OF KEMAH MS4, Kemah, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR040096, held by City of Kemah; Small municipal storm sewer systems; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 8, 2023, term to January 23, 2024, by TCEQ; discharges to CLEAR LAKE CHANNEL.

February 20, 2020: Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment (ST6).

Texas holds 199 Small municipal storm sewer systems coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 37 were issued before TXR040096.

Coverages issued nearest TXR040096

July 26, 2023: SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE MS4, Sheppard Afb, TXR040087, held by US Department of the Air Force
July 26, 2023: CITY OF GRAPEVINE MS4, Grapevine, TXR040114, held by City of Grapevine
July 26, 2023: CITY OF MANSFIELD MS4, Mansfield, TXR040207, held by City of Mansfield
July 26, 2023: TOWN OF CLINT MS4, Clint, TXR040624, held by Town of Clint
August 8, 2023: CITY OF TEMPLE MS4, Temple, TXR040037, held by City of Temple
August 8, 2023: CITY OF CEDAR PARK MS4, Cedar Park, TXR040150, held by City of Cedar Park
August 8, 2023: CITY OF SCHERTZ MS4, Schertz, TXR040241, held by City of Schertz
August 8, 2023: CAMERON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT 5 MS4, Harlingen, TXR040243, held by Cameron County Drainage District 5
August 8, 2023: CITY OF BRYAN MS4, Bryan, TXR040336, held by City of Bryan
August 8, 2023: CITY OF BELTON MS4, Belton, TXR040351, held by City of Belton

CITY OF KEMAH MS4 among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 560 discharge permits in the Clear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay subwatershed (HUC 120402040100), TXR040096 among them. Its county holds 419, 18 of them major permits; TXR040096 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Clear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay subwatershed (HUC 120402040100)

10 PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER RELOCATION PLANS FOR EDG, Seabrook: TXR1567OE, minor permit, discharging to TAYLOR LAKE, permit term to March 4, 2028
11806 PORT ROAD, Seabrook: TXR1501PX, minor permit, discharging to BAYPORT CHANNEL, permit term to March 4, 2028
3223-01 HMCL MOB3 - ASC, Houston: TXR1557VH, minor permit, discharging to CLEAR LAKE, permit term to March 4, 2028
34 ACRES EGRET BAY MASS GRADING, League City: TXR1555QU, minor permit, discharging to ROBINSON BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
4 HORN PROPERTIES, Pasadena: TXR1565VB, minor permit, discharging to MIDDLE BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
42 WL FROM CLCWA WP 3 TO LEAGUE CITY BOOSTER PUMP STATION, Webster: TXR1580WY, minor permit, discharging to COW BAYOU, permit term to March 4, 2028
541 WATER SYSTEM, Alvin: TX0141623, minor permit, discharging to DETENTION BASIN CHIGGER CRK;CLEAR CREEK, permit term to July 8, 2027
6951 MCHARD RD--JOJES CAPITAL, Houston: TXR1545QD, minor permit, discharging to CLEAR CREEK ABOVE TIDAL, permit term to March 4, 2028
A SCHULMAN, La Porte: TX0111350, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED DITCH; TAYLOR BAYOU, permit term to August 1, 2021
ACC HOU - MCHARD, Fresno: TXR05GQ82, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026

Identity

Facility as filed	CITY OF KEMAH MS4
Permittee as filed	City of Kemah
NPDES ID	TXR040096
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
Program	Small municipal storm sewer systems
Issued	August 8, 2023
Expiration date	January 23, 2024
Issuing agency	TCEQ
Address	Kemah, TX 77565
Receiving water	CLEAR LAKE CHANNEL
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Clear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay (HUC 120402040100)
SIC	9111 – Executive Offices

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXR040096.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 20, 2020	Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR040096.

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 TXR040096.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit TXR040096, held by City of Kemah for the CITY OF KEMAH MS4 in Kemah, TX, which discharges to Clear Lake Channel under the Small municipal storm sewer systems program. The page lists the permit as administratively continued, classed as a Minor discharger, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it sits in HUC 120402040100 (Clear Creek-Frontal Galveston Bay).