Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05FZ05

PALO ALTO SILICA SAND, Poteet, TX: NPDES TXR05FZ05 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

PALO ALTO SILICA SAND, held by PALO ALTO SILICA SAND, INC., holds NPDES permit TXR05FZ05. EPA’s file records it issued February 13, 2023 and expiring August 13, 2026.

PALO ALTO SILICA SAND, Poteet, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR05FZ05, held by PALO ALTO SILICA SAND, INC.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued February 13, 2023, term to August 13, 2026.

June 26, 2026: Focused (S).

Texas holds 8,480 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 4,168 were issued before TXR05FZ05.

Coverages issued nearest TXR05FZ05

February 10, 2023: STAR PRECISION BRITTMOORE PARK, Houston, TXRNECB38, held by Star Precision, LP
February 10, 2023: JR RODRIGUEZ INTERNATIONAL, Dallas, TXRNECB39, held by J.R. Rodriguez International Corporation
February 10, 2023: SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES - AMA, Amarillo, TXRNECB40, held by Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc.
February 10, 2023: SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES - CRP, Corpus Christi, TXRNECB41, held by Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc.
February 13, 2023: HITCHCOCK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Hitchcock, TXR05FZ03, held by City of Hitchcock
February 13, 2023: FRANKYS SAND PIT, Rosharon, TXR05FZ06, held by Franky's Sand Supply, LLC
February 13, 2023: FREIGHT CRAFTERS, Irving, TXRNECB42, held by Freight Crafters, Inc.
February 14, 2023: DUININCK INC SH 207 STAGING SITE, Ralls, TXR05FZ07, held by Duininck, Inc.
February 14, 2023: LIBERTY PACKAGING INC - DALLAS, Dallas, TXRNECB43, held by LIBERTY CARTON CO. - TEXAS
February 14, 2023: ANDREWS LOGISTICS, Beaumont, TXRNECB44, held by Andrews Logistics Texas, L.P.

PALO ALTO SILICA SAND among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 15 discharge permits in the Rebecca Creek-Canyon Lake subwatershed (HUC 121002010405), TXR05FZ05 among them. Its county holds 44, 1 of them major permits; TXR05FZ05 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Rebecca Creek-Canyon Lake subwatershed (HUC 121002010405)

543 RAYNER RANCH BOULEVARD, Spring Branch: TXR1549YX, minor permit, discharging to REBECCA CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
CANYON RANCH, Spring Branch: TXR1520PF, minor permit, discharging to REBECCA CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
CANYON RANCH, Spring Branch: TXR1535PF, minor permit, discharging to REBBECCA CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
CANYON RANCH - AMENITY CENTER, Spring Branch: TXR1593UZ, minor permit, discharging to REBECCA CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
CANYON RANCH - HOME BUILDING, Spring Branch: TXR1554VN, minor permit, discharging to REBECCA CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
CANYON RANCH - UNIT 3, Spring Branch: TXR1531RN, minor permit, discharging to CANYON LAKE, permit term to March 4, 2028
CANYON RANCH - UNIT 4, Spring Branch: TXR1582VV, minor permit, discharging to CANYON LAKE, permit term to March 4, 2028
CANYON RANCH WWTP, Fischer: TX0140155, minor permit, discharging to Canyon Lake, permit term to March 25, 2026
JUNIPER RANCH - LAND DEVELOPMENT, Spring Branch: TXR1542YJ, minor permit, discharging to REBECCA CREEK, permit term to March 4, 2028
SERENITY OAKS, Spring Branch: TXR1501VX, minor permit, discharging to GUADALUPE RIVER ABOVE CANYON LAKE, permit term to March 4, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	PALO ALTO SILICA SAND
Permittee as filed	PALO ALTO SILICA SAND, INC.
NPDES ID	TXR05FZ05
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	February 13, 2023
Expiration date	August 13, 2026
Address	Poteet, TX 78065
Subwatershed	Rebecca Creek-Canyon Lake (HUC 121002010405)

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 TXR05FZ05.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR05FZ05.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
June 26, 2026	Focused	S

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 TXR05FZ05.

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Nearby on the register

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

The PALO ALTO SILICA SAND permit is one of 9 storm water industrial permits on EPA's NPDES register in Atascosa County, and 11.1% of those 9 permits have a violation on file. Among all 9 Atascosa County storm water industrial permits, 33.3% were issued earlier than this one, and it sits within a set of 15 NPDES permits in the Rebecca Creek-Canyon Lake subwatershed. This permit shows 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.