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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR040143

CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, Port Arthur, TX: NPDES TXR040143 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, held by City of Port Arthur, holds NPDES permit TXR040143, which discharges to Sabine Neches Canal. EPA’s file records it issued October 10, 2023 and expiring January 23, 2024.

CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, Port Arthur, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR040143, held by City of Port Arthur; Small municipal storm sewer systems; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 10, 2023, term to January 23, 2024, by TCEQ; discharges to SABINE NECHES CANAL.

  • September 28, 2026: Focused (S).

Texas holds 199 Small municipal storm sewer systems coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 134 were issued before TXR040143. City of Port Arthur holds 5 permits in Texas.

Other permits held by City of Port Arthur

Coverages issued nearest TXR040143

CITY OF PORT ARTHUR among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 124 discharge permits in the Salt Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120402010300), TXR040143 among them. Its county holds 302, 16 of them major permits; TXR040143 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Salt Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120402010300)

Identity

Facility as filedCITY OF PORT ARTHUR
Permittee as filedCity of Port Arthur
NPDES IDTXR040143
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
ProgramSmall municipal storm sewer systems
IssuedOctober 10, 2023
Expiration dateJanuary 23, 2024
Issuing agencyTCEQ
AddressPort Arthur, TX 77640
Receiving waterSABINE NECHES CANAL
SubwatershedSalt Bayou (HUC 120402010300)
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Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXR040143.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR040143.

Inspections

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
September 28, 2026FocusedS

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 TXR040143.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

The City of Port Arthur's Storm Water Small MS4s permit, NPDES ID TXR040143, is one of 6 storm water small MS4 permits on EPA's NPDES register in Jefferson County, and 0.0% of those 6 permits carry a violation on file. Among all 6 Jefferson County storm water small MS4 permits, 33.3% were issued earlier than this one, which was issued October 10, 2023. The permit sits within the Salt Bayou subwatershed, which holds 124 NPDES permits including this one, and it has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances.