Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FM28

RICHARDSON STEEL YARD, Houston, TX: NPDES TXR05FM28 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

RICHARDSON STEEL YARD, held by Richardson Steel Yard, Inc., holds NPDES permit TXR05FM28. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2022 and expiring August 13, 2026.

RICHARDSON STEEL YARD, Houston, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR05FM28, held by Richardson Steel Yard, Inc.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2022, term to August 13, 2026.

Texas holds 8,480 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 2,513 were issued before TXR05FM28. Richardson Steel Yard, Inc. holds 4 permits in Texas.

Other permits held by Richardson Steel Yard, Inc.

WOODHOUSE SCRAP YARD, Galena Park: TXR05GT20, issued July 1, 2025
RICHARDSON MAIN STREET SCRAP YARD - 911 S MAIN STREET, Galena Park: TXR05GT21, issued July 1, 2025
IPE SCRAP YARD - RICHARDSON ENSTRUCTURE, Houston: TXR05GV23, issued October 1, 2025

Coverages issued nearest TXR05FM28

December 29, 2021: COASTAL PLATING, Corpus Christi, TXRNEBT87, held by Rister Management, L.L.C.
December 29, 2021: NDS PRODUCTS, Pasadena, TXRNEBT88, held by NDS Products, Inc.
December 30, 2021: COMMUTAIR, Houston, TXR05FM27, held by Champlain Enterprises LLC
December 30, 2021: LINEAGE LOGISTICS PASADENA, Pasadena, TXRNEBT89, held by Lineage Logistics Pfs, LLC
December 30, 2021: LINEAGE LOGISTICS PFS, La Porte, TXRNEBT90, held by Lineage Logistics Pfs, LLC
January 3, 2022: NATION BROTHERS, Fort Worth, TXR05FL81, held by NATION BROTHERS CO
January 3, 2022: BAYEH AUTOMOTIVE, San Antonio, TXR05FM13, held by Bayeh Automotive Inc
January 3, 2022: BIGHAM BROTHERS, Lubbock, TXR05FM31, held by Bigham Brothers, Inc.
January 3, 2022: TX PROCHEMICAL SOILS STABILIZATION, Quinlan, TXRNEBT91, held by TEXAS PRO CHEM SOIL STABILIZATION, INC.
January 3, 2022: NGC RENEWABLES FACILITY, Fort Worth, TXRNEBT92, held by NGC Renewables, LLC

RICHARDSON STEEL YARD among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 301 discharge permits in the Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040703), TXR05FM28 among them. Its county holds 4,455, 195 of them major permits; TXR05FM28 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040703)

019-HOU3-22 HOUSTON CONCRETE SILOS, Houston: TXR1594NZ, minor permit, discharging to HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/BUFFALO BAYOU TIDAL, permit term to March 4, 2028
1111 FANNIN, Houston: TXR1556LZ, minor permit, permit term to March 4, 2028
225 RAIL YARD, Pasadena: TXR15425W, minor permit, discharging to HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/BUFFALO BAYOU TIDAL, permit term to March 4, 2023
500 MAYO SHELL ROAD, Galena Park: TXR05GS62, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
69TH ST WWTP, Houston: TX0096172, major permit, discharging to Buffalo Bayou, permit term to September 1, 2002
8815 MISSISSIPPI, Houston: TXR05GD86, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
8825 MISSISSIPPI STREET, Houston: TXR05GE47, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
A AND A METALS, Houston: TXRNEBJ94, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
AEI RED BLUFF, Pasadena: TXRNECR17, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
AES DEEPWATER COGENERATION PLA, Pasadena: TX0128830, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED DITCH, VINCE BAYOU TIDAL PO, permit term to September 1, 2017

What the register holds for RICHARDSON STEEL YARD: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Houston, Texas. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05FM28.

Identity

Facility as filed	RICHARDSON STEEL YARD
Permittee as filed	Richardson Steel Yard, Inc.
NPDES ID	TXR05FM28
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	January 1, 2022
Expiration date	August 13, 2026
Address	Houston, TX 77029
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler TXR000056978

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXR05FM28.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR05FM28.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR05FM28.

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 TXR05FM28.

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

The RICHARDSON STEEL YARD storm water industrial permit is one of 1,284 such permits in Harris County, and the permit sits among 288 NPDES permits in the Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou subwatershed, this one included. Only 0.9% of the Harris County storm water industrial permits carry a violation on file, and this permit has no pollutants with an effluent exceedance and none under a numeric limit.