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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1554VM

MM - MERKEL SAND AND GRAVEL, Merkel, TX: NPDES TXR1554VM discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MM - MERKEL SAND AND GRAVEL, held by Martin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC, holds NPDES permit TXR1554VM, which discharges to Clear Fork Brazos River. EPA’s file records it issued August 9, 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 MM - MERKEL SAND AND GRAVEL: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Merkel, Texas, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR1554VM.

Identity

Facility as filedMM - MERKEL SAND AND GRAVEL
Permittee as filedMartin Marietta Materials Southwest, LLC
NPDES IDTXR1554VM
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedAugust 9, 2025
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressMerkel, TX 79536
Receiving waterCLEAR FORK BRAZOS RIVER
SubwatershedMiddle Mulberry Creek (HUC 120601020504)

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 TXR1554VM.

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 TXR1554VM.

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

MM - MERKEL SAND AND GRAVEL is one of 2 NPDES permits in the Middle Mulberry Creek subwatershed. It is one of 22 storm water construction permits on EPA's NPDES register in Jones County. Of all 22 storm water construction permits in Jones County, 45.5% have an earlier issue date than this permit.