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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1565PW

GRAY CEMENT GRINDING PLANT, Houston, TX: NPDES TXR1565PW discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GRAY CEMENT GRINDING PLANT, held by Cimsa Americas Cement Manufacturing and Sales Corp., holds NPDES permit TXR1565PW, which discharges to Houston Ship Channel/Buffalo Bayou Tidal. EPA’s file records it issued February 9, 2024 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 GRAY CEMENT GRINDING PLANT: 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 TXR1565PW.

Identity

Facility as filedGRAY CEMENT GRINDING PLANT
Permittee as filedCimsa Americas Cement Manufacturing and Sales Corp.
NPDES IDTXR1565PW
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedFebruary 9, 2024
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressHouston, TX 77015
Receiving waterHOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL/BUFFALO BAYOU TIDAL
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedVince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou (HUC 120401040703)

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 TXR1565PW.

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 TXR1565PW.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR1565PW.

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 TXR1565PW.

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

The GRAY CEMENT GRINDING PLANT permit (NPDES ID TXR1565PW) is one of 2,031 storm water construction permits in Harris County, where 0.1% of such permits carry a violation on file. It also sits among 288 NPDES permits in the Vince Bayou-Buffalo Bayou subwatershed, and it has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance recorded.