Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05GI17

AUSTIN STAR DETONATOR, Brownsville, TX: NPDES TXR05GI17 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
12Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

AUSTIN STAR DETONATOR, held by Austin Star Detonator Company, holds NPDES permit TXR05GI17. EPA’s file records it issued January 16, 2024 and expiring August 13, 2026.

AUSTIN STAR DETONATOR, Brownsville, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR05GI17, held by Austin Star Detonator Company; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 16, 2024, term to August 13, 2026.

Arsenic, total [as As]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Barium, total [as Ba]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total [as Cr]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total [as Ni]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver, total [as Ag]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total [as Se]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Mercury, total [as Hg]: 4 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Texas holds 8,480 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 5,315 were issued before TXR05GI17.

Coverages issued nearest TXR05GI17

January 11, 2024: LUNAS CABINETS, Garland, TXRNECG31, held by Victor Gamino
January 12, 2024: FCC ENVIRONMENTAL, Dallas, TXR05GI13, held by Fcc Environmental, LLC
January 12, 2024: BLASCHKE GRAVEL PIT, Cuero, TXR05GI14, held by Carson Management Holdings LLC
January 15, 2024: WALMART DC 4287, Dallas, TXRNECG33, held by Wal-Mart Stores East, LP
January 16, 2024: SAN ANTONIO YARD, San Antonio, TXR05GI15, held by Kerrville Bus Company, Inc.
January 17, 2024: TIC EQUIPMENT YARD, Freeport, TXR05GI18, held by TIC - The Industrial Company
January 17, 2024: CRAZY J MATERIAL SOURCE, Balmorhea, TXR05GI19, held by FNF Construction, Inc.
January 17, 2024: QUIETFLEX MANUFACTURING COMPANY LP, Houston, TXR05GI20, held by Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P.
January 18, 2024: UPS, Alpine, TXR05GI21, held by United Parcel Service, Inc.
January 18, 2024: KRESTMARK INDUSTRIES, Dallas, TXR05GI22, held by Westlake Royal Windows Llc

AUSTIN STAR DETONATOR among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 199 discharge permits in the Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel subwatershed (HUC 121102080900), TXR05GI17 among them. Its county holds 327, 11 of them major permits; TXR05GI17 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel subwatershed (HUC 121102080900)

16300 RL OSTOS ROAD, Brownsville: TXR1541NT, minor permit, discharging to LAGUNA MADRE, permit term to March 4, 2028
2022 CITY OF BROWNSVILLE STREET IMPROVEMENTS, Brownsville: TXR1576MK, minor permit, discharging to 2494B, permit term to March 4, 2028
57 SPACE CONCRETE, Brownsville: TXR1579UH, minor permit, discharging to BROWNSVILLE SHIP CHANNEL, permit term to March 4, 2028
7- ELEVEN BROWNSVILLE SUBDIVISION, Brownsville: TXR1533MG, minor permit, discharging to SAN MARTIN LAKES, permit term to March 4, 2028
ALAMO CONCRETE PRODUCTS PLANT 85, Brownsville: TXG110941, minor permit, discharging to BROWNSVILLE SHIP CHANNEL, permit term to November 7, 2021
ALEXIS M HERNANDEZ MARTINEZ, Brownsville: TXRNECC86, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
ALL STAR METALS LLC, Brownsville: TXR05FA0M, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2026
AMAZONCOM SERVICES LLC - WBV1, Brownsville: TXR05GY97, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
ARCEN SUBDIVISION, Browsville: TXR1578VV, minor permit, discharging to RESACA, permit term to March 4, 2028
ARX ENERGY BROWNSVILLE, Brownville: TXR1568RB, minor permit, discharging to BROWNSVILLE SHIP CHANNEL, permit term to March 4, 2028

What the register holds for AUSTIN STAR DETONATOR: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Brownsville, Texas, and 12 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05GI17.

Identity

Facility as filed	AUSTIN STAR DETONATOR
Permittee as filed	Austin Star Detonator Company
NPDES ID	TXR05GI17
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 16, 2024
Expiration date	August 13, 2026
Address	Brownsville, TX 78521
Subwatershed	Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel (HUC 121102080900)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler TXR000028100

Effluent limits and exceedances

12Pollutants on file
12Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

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 measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Arsenic, total [as As]	4	0	0
Barium, total [as Ba]	4	0	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	4	0	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	4	0	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	4	0	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	4	0	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	4	0	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	4	0	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	4	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	4	0	0
Selenium, total [as Se]	4	0	0
Mercury, total [as Hg]	4	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05GI17.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR05GI17.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR05GI17.

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 TXR05GI17.

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

This public-records page covers NPDES permit TXR05GI17, held by Austin Star Detonator Company for the AUSTIN STAR DETONATOR facility in Brownsville, TX, under an industrial stormwater program and listed as administratively continued. The register lists a minor discharger class of 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with EPA's file showing the permit issued January 16, 2024 and expiring August 13, 2026.