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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05M997

ELECTROPLATING OF EL PASO, El Paso, TX: NPDES TXR05M997 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ELECTROPLATING OF EL PASO, held by Ruben's Electroplating, Incorporated, holds NPDES permit TXR05M997. EPA’s file records it issued October 28, 2021 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 ELECTROPLATING OF EL PASO: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in El Paso, Texas, and 16 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05M997.

Identity

Facility as filedELECTROPLATING OF EL PASO
Permittee as filedRuben's Electroplating, Incorporated
NPDES IDTXR05M997
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
IssuedOctober 28, 2021
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressEl Paso, TX 79915
SubwatershedAscarate Lake-Rio Grande (HUC 130401000104)
SIC3471 – Plating And Polishing
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXR000023051; ICIS-AIR source 06000000481416E001

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
Zinc, total [as Zn]200
Solids, total suspended100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]100
Arsenic, total [as As]100
Barium, total [as Ba]100
Cadmium, total [as Cd]100
Chromium, total [as Cr]100
Copper, total [as Cu]100
Iron, total [as Fe]100
Lead, total [as Pb]100
Manganese, total [as Mn]100
Nickel, total [as Ni]100
Silver, total [as Ag]100
Aluminum, total [as Al]100
Selenium, total [as Se]100
Mercury, total [as Hg]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05M997.

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 TXR05M997.

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 Clean Water Act discharge permit TXR05M997 for ELECTROPLATING OF EL PASO in El Paso, Texas, held by Ruben's Electroplating, Incorporated, as it stood when the record was loaded on October 14, 2026. The page lists 16 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit's status is administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class and an industrial stormwater program.