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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1502YI

SANTA CRUZ RANCHES NO 5, Monte Alto, TX: NPDES TXR1502YI discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SANTA CRUZ RANCHES NO 5, held by Nordhausen Utility Construction, LLC, holds NPDES permit TXR1502YI, which discharges to Lower Laguna Madre. EPA’s file records it issued May 20, 2026 and expiring March 4, 2028. 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 SANTA CRUZ RANCHES NO 5: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Monte Alto, Texas, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR1502YI.

Identity

Facility as filedSANTA CRUZ RANCHES NO 5
Permittee as filedNordhausen Utility Construction, LLC
NPDES IDTXR1502YI
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedMay 20, 2026
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressMonte Alto, TX 78538
Receiving waterLOWER LAGUNA MADRE
SubwatershedUpper Pilot Channel-Laguna Madre (HUC 121102080300)
SIC1623 – Water, Sewer, And Utility Lines

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

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXR1502YI.

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 TXR1502YI.

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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Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

The SANTA CRUZ RANCHES NO 5 storm water construction permit sits among 301 such permits in Hidalgo County, and 0.0% of those carry a violation on file. Its issue date is earlier than that of 86.7% of the county's storm water construction permits, and it is one of 192 NPDES permits in the Upper Pilot Channel-Laguna Madre subwatershed.