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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1560UG

COTTON GATEWAY, Maxwell, TX: NPDES TXR1560UG discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

COTTON GATEWAY, held by Groundworks Ess, LLC, holds NPDES permit TXR1560UG, which discharges to Hemphill Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 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 COTTON GATEWAY: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Maxwell, Texas, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR1560UG.

Identity

Facility as filedCOTTON GATEWAY
Permittee as filedGroundworks Ess, LLC
NPDES IDTXR1560UG
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedApril 14, 2025
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressMaxwell, TX 78656
Receiving waterHEMPHILL CREEK
SubwatershedMorrison Creek-San Marcos River (HUC 121002030304)

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 TXR1560UG.

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 TXR1560UG.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR1560UG.

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 TXR1560UG.

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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COTTON GATEWAY, Maxwell, Texas: Coverage under a general permit TXR1560UG, held by Groundworks Ess, LLC; Construction stormwater; Effective; issued April 14, 2025, term to March 4, 2028; discharges to HEMPHILL CREEK.

Texas holds 23,986 Construction stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 12,745 were issued before TXR1560UG. Groundworks Ess, LLC holds 33 permits in Texas.

Other permits held by Groundworks Ess, LLC

Coverages issued nearest TXR1560UG

COTTON GATEWAY among its neighbors

48 discharge permits are in the Morrison Creek-San Marcos River subwatershed (HUC 121002030304); TXR1560UG is one. Its county: 114, 2 major; TXR1560UG is minor permit.

Other permits in the Morrison Creek-San Marcos River subwatershed (HUC 121002030304)

Nearby on the register

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

What this page shows

Permit COTTON GATEWAY, held by Groundworks Ess, LLC in Maxwell, Caldwell County, Texas, is one of 66 storm water construction permits in Caldwell County on EPA's NPDES register, and it sits in the Morrison Creek-San Marcos River subwatershed alongside 48 NPDES permits in that area, this one included. Of the 66 Caldwell County storm water construction permits, 48.5% were issued before this one, and 0.0% of them have a violation on file, while this permit shows zero pollutants under a numeric limit and zero effluent exceedances.