Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05GG23

TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, Corpus Christi, TX: NPDES TXR05GG23 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

TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, held by Cimbar Resources, Inc., holds NPDES permit TXR05GG23. EPA’s file records it issued October 12, 2023 and expiring August 13, 2026.

TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, Corpus Christi, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR05GG23, held by Cimbar Resources, Inc.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 12, 2023, term to August 13, 2026.

Texas holds 8,480 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 5,064 were issued before TXR05GG23. Cimbar Resources, Inc. holds 3 permits in Texas.

Other permits held by Cimbar Resources, Inc.

CIMBAR PERFORMANCE MINERALS, Corpus Christi: TXR05GG21, issued October 12, 2023
HOUSTON GRINDING PLANT, Houston: TXR05GG22, issued October 12, 2023

Coverages issued nearest TXR05GG23

October 11, 2023: SIKA DALLAS, Mesquite, TXRNECF17, held by Sika Corporation
October 11, 2023: TECHNIMARK PLANT 2, El Paso, TXRNECF22, held by Classic Industries, Inc.
October 11, 2023: COMPUTER SERVICE TECHNOLOGY, Dallas, TXRNECF23, held by Computer Service Technology, Inc.
October 12, 2023: CIMBAR PERFORMANCE MINERALS, Corpus Christi, TXR05GG21, held by Cimbar Resources, Inc.
October 12, 2023: HOUSTON GRINDING PLANT, Houston, TXR05GG22, held by Cimbar Resources, Inc.
October 12, 2023: LOCKE SOLUTIONS - ALVARADO, Alvarado, TXR05GG24, held by Locke Investments, LLC
October 12, 2023: DONGJIN SEMICHEM TEXAS, Killeen, TXRNECF24, held by Dongjin Semichem Texas, Inc.
October 13, 2023: CITY OF LIBERTY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, Liberty, TXR05GG01, held by City of Liberty
October 13, 2023: STEPHENVILLE CLARK REGIONAL AIRPORT, Stephenville, TXR05GG25, held by City of Stephenville
October 13, 2023: MARTINEZ AUTO PARTS 2, Hidalgo, TXR05GG26, held by El Burgueno Auto Parts, LLC

TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 12 discharge permits in the Nueces Bay subwatershed (HUC 121102010004), TXR05GG23 among them. Its county holds 317, 24 of them major permits; TXR05GG23 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Nueces Bay subwatershed (HUC 121102010004)

BULK MATERIALS TERMINAL UPLAND IMPROVEMENTS - PHASE A, Corpus Christi: TXR1563XO, minor permit, discharging to NUECES BAY, permit term to March 4, 2028
BULK TERMINAL, Corpus Christi: TXR1514XN, minor permit, discharging to CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL INNER HARBOR, permit term to March 4, 2028
BULK TERMINAL, Corpus Christi: TXR1557RR, minor permit, discharging to CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL INNER HARBOR, permit term to March 4, 2028
NORTH BANK OPEN STORAGE ARES, Corpus Christi: TXR05GF43, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
NUECES BAY POWER STATION WWTP, Corpus Christi: TX0003581, major permit, discharging to NUECES BAY, permit term to April 1, 2010
PCCA BULK TERMINAL, Corpus Christi: TX0089516, minor permit, discharging to CORPUS CHRISTI INNER HARBOR, permit term to June 1, 2020
PORT LAND INN WWTP, Portland: TX0066664, minor permit, discharging to VIA BARGE SHIP DIRECTLY TO NUECES BAY, permit term to April 14, 2025
RINCON INDUSTRIAL PARK, Corpus Christi: TXR1510SB, minor permit, discharging to NUECES BAY, permit term to March 4, 2028
RINCON INDUSTRIAL PARK, Corpus Christi: TXR1545XA, minor permit, discharging to NUECES BAY, permit term to March 4, 2028
RINCON RAIL IMPROVEMENTS, Corpus Christi: TXR1553XD, minor permit, discharging to NUECES BAY, permit term to March 4, 2028

What the register holds for TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Corpus Christi, Texas. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05GG23.

Identity

Facility as filed	TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL
Permittee as filed	Cimbar Resources, Inc.
NPDES ID	TXR05GG23
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	October 12, 2023
Expiration date	August 13, 2026
Address	Corpus Christi, TX 78402
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Nueces Bay (HUC 121102010004)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler TXD980746085; ICIS-AIR source TX0000004835500068

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 TXR05GG23.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR05GG23.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR05GG23.

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 TXR05GG23.

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

TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL's Storm Water Industrial coverage is one of 99 such permits in Nueces County, the same count that includes this one, and only 1.0% of that group has a violation on file. Among the 12 NPDES permits in the Nueces Bay subwatershed, this one is in the same small local group, and it has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance. Of all 99 Storm Water Industrial permits in Nueces County, 33.3% carry an earlier issue date than this permit's October 12, 2023 issuance.