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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1527XM

BIG BRAIN STORAGE SITE, Austin, TX: NPDES TXR1527XM discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BIG BRAIN STORAGE SITE, held by Ranger Excavating, L.P., holds NPDES permit TXR1527XM, which discharges to Carson Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 27, 2026 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 BIG BRAIN STORAGE SITE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Austin, Texas, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR1527XM.

Identity

Facility as filedBIG BRAIN STORAGE SITE
Permittee as filedRanger Excavating, L.P.
NPDES IDTXR1527XM
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedFebruary 27, 2026
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressAustin, TX 78742
Receiving waterCARSON CREEK
SubwatershedCarson Creek-Colorado River (HUC 120902050409)

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 TXR1527XM.

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 TXR1527XM.

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

BIG BRAIN STORAGE SITE is one of 894 storm water construction permits on EPA's NPDES register in Travis County, and 77.6% of those permits have an earlier issue date than this one. The permit is also one of 123 NPDES permits in the Carson Creek-Colorado River subwatershed, and 0.3% of the 894 storm water construction permits in Travis County have a violation on file.