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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1579VL

ERA MONTE PHASE II, La Joya, TX: NPDES TXR1579VL discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ERA MONTE PHASE II, held by Pena-Chapa Development, Inc., holds NPDES permit TXR1579VL, which discharges to Laguna Madre Bay. EPA’s file records it issued August 6, 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 ERA MONTE PHASE II: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in La Joya, Texas, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR1579VL.

Identity

Facility as filedERA MONTE PHASE II
Permittee as filedPena-Chapa Development, Inc.
NPDES IDTXR1579VL
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedAugust 6, 2025
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressLa Joya, TX 78560
Receiving waterLAGUNA MADRE BAY
SubwatershedLower La Joya Creek (HUC 130900010705)

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 TXR1579VL.

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 TXR1579VL.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

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 ERA MONTE PHASE II storm water construction permit, held by Pena-Chapa Development, Inc. in La Joya, Hidalgo County, Texas, is one of 301 storm water construction permits in that county on EPA's NPDES register, this one included. Among those 301 permits, 0.0% have a violation on file, and 52.5% were issued earlier than this one. The permit sits within a subwatershed that holds 4 NPDES permits, this one included, and it has no pollutants under a numeric limit or with an effluent exceedance recorded.