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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05GP22

MM - MERKEL SAND AND GRAVEL, Merkel, TX: NPDES TXR05GP22 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MM - MERKEL SAND AND GRAVEL, held by Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC, holds NPDES permit TXR05GP22. EPA’s file records it issued December 19, 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 MM - MERKEL SAND AND GRAVEL: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Merkel, Texas, and 15 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05GP22.

Identity

Facility as filedMM - MERKEL SAND AND GRAVEL
Permittee as filedMartin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC
NPDES IDTXR05GP22
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
IssuedDecember 19, 2024
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressMerkel, TX 79563
SubwatershedOutlet Bitter Creek (HUC 120601020605)
SIC1442 – Construction Sand And Gravel

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

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
Solids, total suspended200
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]200
Arsenic, total [as As]200
Barium, total [as Ba]200
Cadmium, total [as Cd]200
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Lead, total [as Pb]200
Manganese, total [as Mn]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Silver, total [as Ag]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200
Selenium, total [as Se]200
E. coli200
Mercury, total [as Hg]200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05GP22.

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 TXR05GP22.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES TXR05GP22 for MM - MERKEL SAND AND GRAVEL in Merkel, TX, held by Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC, under the industrial stormwater program. The page lists a minor discharger class of 15, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit is administratively continued.