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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05CU89

BIG SPRING CARBON BLACK PLANT, Big Spring, TX: NPDES TXR05CU89 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BIG SPRING CARBON BLACK PLANT, held by Tokai Carbon CB Ltd., holds NPDES permit TXR05CU89. EPA’s file records it issued August 27, 2021 and expiring August 13, 2026. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for BIG SPRING CARBON BLACK PLANT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Big Spring, Texas. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05CU89.

Identity

Facility as filedBIG SPRING CARBON BLACK PLANT
Permittee as filedTokai Carbon CB Ltd.
NPDES IDTXR05CU89
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
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedAugust 27, 2021
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressBig Spring, TX 79720
SubwatershedSandy Hollow-Beals Creek (HUC 120800070103)
SIC2895 – Carbon Black
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXR000068395; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004822700002

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXR05CU89.

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 TXR05CU89.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

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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Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

The BIG SPRING CARBON BLACK PLANT permit is one of 3 NPDES permits in the Sandy Hollow-Beals Creek subwatershed, counting this one. Among the 8 storm water industrial permits in Howard County, this one included, 0.0% carry an earlier issue date than this permit. The permit has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance, both counted as 0.