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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR040438

CHAMBERS COUNTY MS4, Cove, TX: NPDES TXR040438 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHAMBERS COUNTY MS4, held by Chambers County, holds NPDES permit TXR040438. EPA’s file records it issued January 11, 2024 and expiring January 24, 2024.

CHAMBERS COUNTY MS4, Cove, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR040438, held by Chambers County; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 11, 2024, term to January 24, 2024, by TCEQ.

CHAMBERS COUNTY MS4 among its neighbors

Its county holds 197, 10 of them major permits; TXR040438 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

What the register holds for CHAMBERS COUNTY MS4: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Cove, Texas. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR040438.

Identity

Facility as filedCHAMBERS COUNTY MS4
Permittee as filedChambers County
NPDES IDTXR040438
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
IssuedJanuary 11, 2024
Expiration dateJanuary 24, 2024
Issuing agencyTCEQ
AddressCove, TX 77514

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXR040438.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR040438.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR040438.

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 TXR040438.

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

What this page shows

The Chambers County MS4 permit (NPDES ID TXR040438), issued to Chambers County for its Cove, Texas facility, is one of 11 general permit coverages in Chambers County on EPA's NPDES register, and 36.4% of those 11 coverages have a violation on file. Among those same 11 coverages, 45.5% carry an earlier issue date than this one, and the permit records no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances.