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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1573UP

TRAILS AT COTTONWOOD CREEK PH 5, Rowlett, TX: NPDES TXR1573UP discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TRAILS AT COTTONWOOD CREEK PH 5, held by Meritage Homes of Texas, LLC, holds NPDES permit TXR1573UP, which discharges to Tributary Of Cottonwood Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 16, 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 TRAILS AT COTTONWOOD CREEK PH 5: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Rowlett, Texas, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR1573UP.

Identity

Facility as filedTRAILS AT COTTONWOOD CREEK PH 5
Permittee as filedMeritage Homes of Texas, LLC
NPDES IDTXR1573UP
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedMay 16, 2025
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressRowlett, TX 75098
Receiving waterTRIBUTARY OF COTTONWOOD CREEK
SubwatershedCottonwood Creek-East Fork Trinity River (HUC 120301060402)

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 TXR1573UP.

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 TXR1573UP.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR1573UP.

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 TXR1573UP.

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

TRAILS AT COTTONWOOD CREEK PH 5 is one of 74 NPDES permits in the Cottonwood Creek-East Fork Trinity River subwatershed and one of 640 storm water construction permits in Dallas County. It has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance, while 0.0% of the 640 storm water construction permits in Dallas County have a violation on file.