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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1591VF

HOUSTON ZOO WEST GATE, Houston, TX: NPDES TXR1591VF discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HOUSTON ZOO WEST GATE, held by Tellepsen Builders, L.P., holds NPDES permit TXR1591VF, which discharges to Harris Gully. EPA’s file records it issued July 16, 2025 and expiring March 4, 2028. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for HOUSTON ZOO WEST GATE: 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 TXR1591VF.

Identity

Facility as filedHOUSTON ZOO WEST GATE
Permittee as filedTellepsen Builders, L.P.
NPDES IDTXR1591VF
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedJuly 16, 2025
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressHouston, TX 77030
Receiving waterHARRIS GULLY
SubwatershedCountry Club Bayou-Brays Bayou (HUC 120401040403)
SIC1542 – Nonresidential Construction

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXR1591VF.

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 TXR1591VF.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TXR1591VF.

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 TXR1591VF.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

The HOUSTON ZOO WEST GATE storm water construction permit is one of 2,031 such permits in Harris County, which places it among a large peer group. It is also one of 212 NPDES permits in the Country Club Bayou-Brays Bayou subwatershed, and it has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance.