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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05GL09

STARLINK FACTORY BASTROP, Bastrop, TX: NPDES TXR05GL09 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

STARLINK FACTORY BASTROP, held by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., holds NPDES permit TXR05GL09. EPA’s file records it issued June 3, 2024 and expiring August 13, 2026. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for STARLINK FACTORY BASTROP: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Bastrop, Texas, and 12 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05GL09.

Identity

Facility as filedSTARLINK FACTORY BASTROP
Permittee as filedSpace Exploration Technologies Corp.
NPDES IDTXR05GL09
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 3, 2024
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressBastrop, TX 78602
SubwatershedWilbarger Bend-Colorado River (HUC 120903010110)
SIC3669 – Communications Equipment
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXR000086516

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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]700
Barium, total [as Ba]700
Cadmium, total [as Cd]700
Chromium, total [as Cr]700
Copper, total [as Cu]700
Lead, total [as Pb]700
Manganese, total [as Mn]700
Nickel, total [as Ni]700
Silver, total [as Ag]700
Zinc, total [as Zn]700
Selenium, total [as Se]700
Mercury, total [as Hg]700

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05GL09.

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 TXR05GL09.

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TXR05GL09 for STARLINK FACTORY BASTROP in Bastrop, Texas, held by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., under an industrial stormwater program. The page lists the permit as administratively continued, a minor discharger class, with 12 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.