Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05GV23

IPE SCRAP YARD - RICHARDSON ENSTRUCTURE, Houston, TX: NPDES TXR05GV23 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

IPE SCRAP YARD - RICHARDSON ENSTRUCTURE, held by Richardson Steel Yard, Inc., holds NPDES permit TXR05GV23. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2025 and expiring August 13, 2026.

IPE SCRAP YARD - RICHARDSON ENSTRUCTURE, Houston, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR05GV23, held by Richardson Steel Yard, Inc.; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 1, 2025, term to August 13, 2026.

Texas holds 8,480 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 7,172 were issued before TXR05GV23. Richardson Steel Yard, Inc. holds 4 permits in Texas.

Other permits held by Richardson Steel Yard, Inc.

RICHARDSON STEEL YARD, Houston: TXR05FM28, issued January 1, 2022
WOODHOUSE SCRAP YARD, Galena Park: TXR05GT20, issued July 1, 2025
RICHARDSON MAIN STREET SCRAP YARD - 911 S MAIN STREET, Galena Park: TXR05GT21, issued July 1, 2025

Coverages issued nearest TXR05GV23

September 30, 2025: THE EUCLID CHEMICAL PASADENA PLANT, Pasadena, TXR05GV19, held by The Euclid Chemical Company
September 30, 2025: RE INVESTMENT & VENTURES, San Antonio, TXR05GV20, held by Re Investment & Ventures, LLC
September 30, 2025: OMNISOURCE DAYTON, Dayton, TXR05GV21, held by OmniSource, LLC
September 30, 2025: SYNEO, Angleton, TXRNECO31, held by Syneo LLC
October 1, 2025: FERGUSON FIRE & FABRICATION FACILITY 0728, Houston, TXR05GV22, held by Ferguson Enterprises, LLC
October 1, 2025: BUSCH VACUUM SOLUTIONS HOUSTON SERVICE CENTER, Houston, TXRNECO32, held by Busch, LLC
October 2, 2025: DALLAS YARD, Dallas, TXR05GV24, held by Austin Bridge & Road, LP
October 2, 2025: AMERICAN BOTTLING MANOR, Manor, TXR05GV25, held by AMERICAN BOTTLING CO
October 2, 2025: TEXAS TRANSEASTERN, San Antonio, TXRNECO33, held by Texas Transeastern, Inc.
October 2, 2025: GSC WHOLESALE, Houston, TXRNECO34, held by GSC Wholesale, LLC

IPE SCRAP YARD - RICHARDSON ENSTRUCTURE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 301 discharge permits in the Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040703), TXR05GV23 among them. Its county holds 4,455, 195 of them major permits; TXR05GV23 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040703)

019-HOU3-22 HOUSTON CONCRETE SILOS, Houston: TXR1594NZ, minor permit, discharging to HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/BUFFALO BAYOU TIDAL, permit term to March 4, 2028
1111 FANNIN, Houston: TXR1556LZ, minor permit, permit term to March 4, 2028
225 RAIL YARD, Pasadena: TXR15425W, minor permit, discharging to HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/BUFFALO BAYOU TIDAL, permit term to March 4, 2023
500 MAYO SHELL ROAD, Galena Park: TXR05GS62, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
69TH ST WWTP, Houston: TX0096172, major permit, discharging to Buffalo Bayou, permit term to September 1, 2002
8815 MISSISSIPPI, Houston: TXR05GD86, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
8825 MISSISSIPPI STREET, Houston: TXR05GE47, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
A AND A METALS, Houston: TXRNEBJ94, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
AEI RED BLUFF, Pasadena: TXRNECR17, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
AES DEEPWATER COGENERATION PLA, Pasadena: TX0128830, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED DITCH, VINCE BAYOU TIDAL PO, permit term to September 1, 2017

What the register holds for IPE SCRAP YARD - RICHARDSON ENSTRUCTURE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Houston, Texas. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05GV23.

Identity

Facility as filed	IPE SCRAP YARD - RICHARDSON ENSTRUCTURE
Permittee as filed	Richardson Steel Yard, Inc.
NPDES ID	TXR05GV23
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 1, 2025
Expiration date	August 13, 2026
Address	Houston, TX 77029
Subwatershed	Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703)
SIC	5093 – Scrap And Waste Materials

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 TXR05GV23.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR05GV23.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR05GV23.

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 TXR05GV23.

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Nearby on the register

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

The IPE SCRAP YARD - RICHARDSON ENSTRUCTURE permit is one of 1,284 storm water industrial permits in Harris County on EPA's NPDES register, with 0.9% of that group carrying a violation on file. It is also one of 288 NPDES permits in the Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou subwatershed, and it records no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances.