Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FA95

NICKCO RECYCLING, Pittsburg, TX: NPDES TXR05FA95 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
16Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

NICKCO RECYCLING, held by VERTEX RECOVERY, L.P., holds NPDES permit TXR05FA95. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2021 and expiring August 13, 2026. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for NICKCO RECYCLING: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Pittsburg, Texas, and 16 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05FA95.

Identity

Facility as filed	NICKCO RECYCLING
Permittee as filed	VERTEX RECOVERY, L.P.
NPDES ID	TXR05FA95
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	Industrial stormwater
Issued	September 30, 2021
Expiration date	August 13, 2026
Address	Pittsburg, TX 75686
Subwatershed	Little White Oak Creek (HUC 120100020401)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler TXR000006494

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

16Pollutants on file
16Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With 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
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	0	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	0	0
Solids, total suspended	1	0	0
Arsenic, total [as As]	1	0	0
Barium, total [as Ba]	1	0	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	1	0	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	1	0	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	1	0	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	1	0	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	1	0	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	1	0	0
Aluminum, total [as Al]	1	0	0
Selenium, total [as Se]	1	0	0
Mercury, total [as Hg]	1	0	0
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]	1	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05FA95.

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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR05FA95.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR05FA95.

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 TXR05FA95.

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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NICKCO RECYCLING, Pittsburg, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR05FA95, held by VERTEX RECOVERY, L.P.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 30, 2021, term to August 13, 2026.

Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Arsenic, total [as As]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Barium, total [as Ba]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total [as Cr]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total [as Ni]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver, total [as Ag]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total [as Al]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total [as Se]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Texas holds 8,480 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 994 were issued before TXR05FA95. VERTEX RECOVERY, L.P. holds 4 permits in Texas.

Other permits held by VERTEX RECOVERY, L.P.

H&H OIL, L.P., Corpus Christi: TXR05AI88, issued September 23, 2021
H&H OIL SAN ANTONIO FACILITY, San Antonio: TXRNEAZ74, issued September 22, 2021
H&H OIL PALMVIEW FACILITY, Palmview: TXRNEAZ75, issued September 21, 2021

Coverages issued nearest TXR05FA95

September 30, 2021: NEW CANEY RECYCLING, New Caney, TXR05AK61, held by NEW CANEY RECYCLING, L.L.C.
September 30, 2021: LONE STAR FASTENERS, Spring, TXR05DQ25, held by Lone Star Fasteners, LLC
September 30, 2021: MG BUILDING MATERIALS, San Antonio, TXR05FA91, held by MG Building Materials, Ltd.
September 30, 2021: SPRINGER & SPRINGER, Cleveland, TXR05FA93, held by SPRINGER & SPRINGER, INC.
September 30, 2021: DOWN TO EARTH CONVERTER RECYCLING, Cleveland, TXR05FA94, held by Down To Earth Converter Recycling
September 30, 2021: SABRE INDUSTRIES, Fort Worth, TXR05FA96, held by Sabre Industries, Inc.
September 30, 2021: YONKE GUERRA, Laredo, TXR05FA98, held by YONKE GUERRA, LLC
September 30, 2021: TANNER TIMBER SERVICES, Kountze, TXR05FA99, held by Tanner Timber Services, L.L.C.
September 30, 2021: GREENS PORT CRUDE BY RAIL TERMINAL, Houston, TXR05FB01, held by KM Liquids Terminals LLC
September 30, 2021: CENTRAL DE AUTO PARTES, Laredo, TXR05FB02, held by Central De Auto Partes

NICKCO RECYCLING among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Little White Oak Creek subwatershed (HUC 120100020401), TXR05FA95 among them. Its county holds 14, 2 of them major permits; TXR05FA95 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Little White Oak Creek subwatershed (HUC 120100020401)

VITAL EARTH RESOURCES, Big Sandy: TXR05FF29, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026

Nearby on the register

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TXR05FA95 for NICKCO RECYCLING in Pittsburg, TX, held by VERTEX RECOVERY, L.P., under an industrial stormwater program, with its status listed as administratively continued. The page lists 16 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.