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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1556OP

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, San Benito, TX: NPDES TXR1556OP discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, held by Texas Department of Transportation, holds NPDES permit TXR1556OP, which discharges to Rio Grande River. EPA’s file records it issued October 8, 2023 and expiring March 4, 2028.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, San Benito, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR1556OP, held by Texas Department of Transportation; Construction stormwater; Effective; issued October 8, 2023, term to March 4, 2028; discharges to RIO GRANDE RIVER.

Texas holds 23,986 Construction stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 4,231 were issued before TXR1556OP. Texas Department of Transportation holds 540 permits in Texas.

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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 44 discharge permits in the Laguna Atascosa subwatershed (HUC 121102080800), TXR1556OP among them. Its county holds 327, 11 of them major permits; TXR1556OP is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Laguna Atascosa subwatershed (HUC 121102080800)

  • 57 CONCRETE BATCH PLANT, San Benito: TXR1584NE, minor permit, discharging to ARROYO COLORADO, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • A TREJO, Mercedes: TXR05FQ86, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
  • ARROYO AQUACULTURE WWTF, Cameron County: TX0103811, major permit, permit term to June 1, 2017
  • CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT, Los Fresnos: TXR05GM33, minor permit, permit term to August 13, 2026
  • CAMINO DE VERDAD SUBDIVISION PH 2, Weslaco: TXR1501OU, minor permit, discharging to LAGUNA MADRE, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • CIELO GRANDE SUBDIVISION, San Benito: TXR1569SR, minor permit, discharging to DRAIN DITCT TO THE NORTH., permit term to March 4, 2028
  • CIELO VISTA SUBDIVISION, San Benito: TXR1550SO, minor permit, discharging to LAGUNA MADRE, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • CIELO VISTA SUBDIVISION, Los Fresnos: TXR1580YO, minor permit, discharging to RIO GRANDE, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • CITRUS PARK SUBDIVISION, Weslaco: TXR1516YE, minor permit, discharging to LOWER LAGUNA MADRE, permit term to March 4, 2028
  • COLONIA SEBASTIAN - WEST, Sebastian: TXR1541PP, minor permit, discharging to DITCHES - LAGUNA MADRE, permit term to March 4, 2028

What the register holds for TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in San Benito, Texas, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR1556OP.

Identity

Facility as filedTEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Permittee as filedTexas Department of Transportation
NPDES IDTXR1556OP
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedOctober 8, 2023
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressSan Benito, TX 78586
Receiving waterRIO GRANDE RIVER
SubwatershedLaguna Atascosa (HUC 121102080800)

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXR1556OP.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXR1556OP.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR1556OP.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TXR1556OP.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

The Texas Department of Transportation's storm water construction permit TXR1556OP, located in San Benito, Cameron County, is one of 192 such permits in the county, which places it among a sizable peer group. Of those 192 storm water construction permits in Cameron County, 0.0% have a violation on file, and this permit has none of the recorded pollutants with a numeric limit or effluent exceedance. Among the 44 NPDES permits in the Laguna Atascosa subwatershed, this permit is one of the group, and 3.1% of the county's 192 storm water construction permits carry an earlier issue date than this one.