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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FH73

QUALITY ELECTRIC STEEL CASTINGS, Houston, TX: NPDES TXR05FH73 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

QUALITY ELECTRIC STEEL CASTINGS, held by Quality Electric Steel Castings Inc., holds NPDES permit TXR05FH73. EPA’s file records it issued November 12, 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 QUALITY ELECTRIC STEEL CASTINGS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Houston, Texas, and 15 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05FH73.

Identity

Facility as filedQUALITY ELECTRIC STEEL CASTINGS
Permittee as filedQuality Electric Steel Castings Inc.
NPDES IDTXR05FH73
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
IssuedNovember 12, 2021
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressHouston, TX 77029
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHunting Bayou (HUC 120401040701)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXD008068801; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004820100032

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Copper, total [as Cu]600
Zinc, total [as Zn]600
Solids, total suspended300
Arsenic, total [as As]300
Barium, total [as Ba]300
Cadmium, total [as Cd]300
Chromium, total [as Cr]300
Iron, total [as Fe]300
Lead, total [as Pb]300
Manganese, total [as Mn]300
Nickel, total [as Ni]300
Silver, total [as Ag]300
Aluminum, total [as Al]300
Selenium, total [as Se]300
Mercury, total [as Hg]300

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05FH73.

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 TXR05FH73.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TXR05FH73, held by Quality Electric Steel Castings Inc. for the facility QUALITY ELECTRIC STEEL CASTINGS in Houston, TX, under the Industrial stormwater program. The page lists a Minor Discharger class, an administratively continued permit status, and 15 pollutants under a numeric limit, with 0 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance.