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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1503UP

HCU SMITH ENGINEERING SCIENCE & NURSING BUILDING, Houston, TX: NPDES TXR1503UP discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HCU SMITH ENGINEERING SCIENCE & NURSING BUILDING, held by Tellepsen Builders, L.P., holds NPDES permit TXR1503UP, which discharges to Brays Bayou Above Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued May 14, 2025 and expiring March 4, 2028. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for HCU SMITH ENGINEERING SCIENCE & NURSING BUILDING: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Houston, Texas, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR1503UP.

Identity

Facility as filedHCU SMITH ENGINEERING SCIENCE & NURSING BUILDING
Permittee as filedTellepsen Builders, L.P.
NPDES IDTXR1503UP
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedMay 14, 2025
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressHouston, TX 77074
Receiving waterBRAYS BAYOU ABOVE TIDAL
SubwatershedKeegans Bayou-Brays Bayou (HUC 120401040401)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXR1503UP.

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 TXR1503UP.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

HCU SMITH ENGINEERING SCIENCE & NURSING BUILDING is one of 2,031 storm water construction permits on EPA's NPDES register in Harris County. Of all 2,022 storm water construction permits in Harris County, this one is included, and 49.5% of them have an earlier issue date than this permit. The permit is also one of 229 NPDES permits in the Keegans Bayou-Brays Bayou subwatershed.