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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1557MY

EMERALD MEADOWS SEC 2, Houston, TX: NPDES TXR1557MY discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EMERALD MEADOWS SEC 2, held by Northtex Construction, LLC, holds NPDES permit TXR1557MY, which discharges to Sims Bayou Above Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued May 26, 2023 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 EMERALD MEADOWS SEC 2: 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 TXR1557MY.

Identity

Facility as filedEMERALD MEADOWS SEC 2
Permittee as filedNorthtex Construction, LLC
NPDES IDTXR1557MY
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedMay 26, 2023
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressHouston, TX 77048
Receiving waterSIMS BAYOU ABOVE TIDAL
SubwatershedLower Sims Bayou (HUC 120401040502)

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 TXR1557MY.

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 TXR1557MY.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR1557MY.

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 TXR1557MY.

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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EMERALD MEADOWS SEC 2, Houston, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR1557MY, held by Northtex Construction, LLC; Construction stormwater; Effective; issued May 26, 2023, term to March 4, 2028; discharges to SIMS BAYOU ABOVE TIDAL.

Texas holds 23,986 Construction stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 2,092 were issued before TXR1557MY. Northtex Construction, LLC holds 173 permits in Texas.

Other permits held by Northtex Construction, LLC

Coverages issued nearest TXR1557MY

EMERALD MEADOWS SEC 2 among its neighbors

218 discharge permits are in the Lower Sims Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040502); TXR1557MY is one.

Other permits in the Lower Sims Bayou subwatershed (HUC 120401040502)

Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

EMERALD MEADOWS SEC 2 is one of 154 storm water construction permits in Houston, and 50.6% of those permits were issued earlier than this one. The permit also sits among 218 NPDES permits in the Lower Sims Bayou subwatershed, and none of the 0.0% of Houston storm water construction permits carrying a violation on file applies to it.