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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FS38

VLS HOUSTON, Hockley, TX: NPDES TXR05FS38 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

VLS HOUSTON, held by VLS Environmental Solutions LLC, holds NPDES permit TXR05FS38. EPA’s file records it issued June 15, 2022 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 VLS HOUSTON: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Hockley, Texas, and 12 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05FS38.

Identity

Facility as filedVLS HOUSTON
Permittee as filedVLS Environmental Solutions LLC
NPDES IDTXR05FS38
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
IssuedJune 15, 2022
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressHockley, TX 77447
SubwatershedMallard Lake-Cypress Creek (HUC 120401020103)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Arsenic, total [as As]100
Barium, total [as Ba]100
Cadmium, total [as Cd]100
Chromium, total [as Cr]100
Copper, total [as Cu]100
Lead, total [as Pb]100
Manganese, total [as Mn]100
Nickel, total [as Ni]100
Silver, total [as Ag]100
Zinc, total [as Zn]100
Selenium, total [as Se]100
Mercury, total [as Hg]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05FS38.

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 TXR05FS38.

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 TXR05FS38 for VLS HOUSTON in Hockley, TX, held by VLS Environmental Solutions LLC under the industrial stormwater program, and classed as a minor discharger. The permit is administratively continued, with 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and EPA's file shows no effluent or single-event violation for it.