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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FV16

AMERICAN GEAR, Houston, TX: NPDES TXR05FV16 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

AMERICAN GEAR, held by American Gear, holds NPDES permit TXR05FV16. EPA’s file records it issued September 19, 2022 and expiring August 13, 2026.

AMERICAN GEAR, Houston, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR05FV16, held by American Gear; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 19, 2022, term to August 13, 2026.

Texas holds 8,480 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 3,658 were issued before TXR05FV16.

Coverages issued nearest TXR05FV16

AMERICAN GEAR among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 218 discharge permits in the Lower Sims Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040502), TXR05FV16 among them.

Other permits in the Lower Sims Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040502)

What the register holds for AMERICAN GEAR: 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 TXR05FV16.

Identity

Facility as filedAMERICAN GEAR
Permittee as filedAmerican Gear
NPDES IDTXR05FV16
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
IssuedSeptember 19, 2022
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressHouston, TX 77087
SubwatershedLower Sims Bayou (HUC 120401040502)

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXR05FV16.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR05FV16.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR05FV16.

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 TXR05FV16.

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

What this page shows

AMERICAN GEAR, a Storm Water Industrial general permit coverage in Houston, Texas (NPDES ID TXR05FV16), sits among 428 storm water industrial permits in Houston on EPA's NPDES register, and 1.4% of those permits have a violation on file. The permit is one of 218 NPDES permits in the Lower Sims Bayou subwatershed, and 64.7% of the 428 Houston storm water industrial permits, this one included, carry an earlier issue date. The record shows no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance, both counted at 0.