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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXRNECF31

ESTES EXPRESS LINES - 165 HOUSTON, Houston, TX: NPDES TXRNECF31 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ESTES EXPRESS LINES - 165 HOUSTON, held by Estes Express Lines, holds NPDES permit TXRNECF31. EPA’s file records it issued October 19, 2023 and expiring August 13, 2026. 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 ESTES EXPRESS LINES - 165 HOUSTON: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Houston, Texas. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXRNECF31.

Identity

Facility as filedESTES EXPRESS LINES - 165 HOUSTON
Permittee as filedEstes Express Lines
NPDES IDTXRNECF31
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedOctober 19, 2023
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressHouston, TX 77078
SubwatershedHalls Bayou (HUC 120401040604)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler TXR000084822

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXRNECF31.

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 TXRNECF31.

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 ESTES EXPRESS LINES - 165 HOUSTON permit is one of 1,284 storm water industrial permits in Harris County on EPA's NPDES register, and it sits within a Halls Bayou subwatershed that holds 249 NPDES permits, this one included. Among the 1,283 storm water industrial permits in Harris County (this one included), 42.4% carry an earlier issue date than this one, and of the 1,284 such permits in the county, 0.9% have a violation on file, while this permit has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no pollutants with an effluent exceedance (both counted as 0).