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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TX0137715

GULF COAST GROWTH VENTURES, Gregory, TX: NPDES TX0137715 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GULF COAST GROWTH VENTURES, held by GULF COAST GROWTH VENTURES LLC, holds NPDES permit TX0137715, which discharges to Corpus Christi Bay; Copano Bay/Portbay/Mission Bay. EPA’s file records it issued August 3, 2018 and expiring August 3, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedGULF COAST GROWTH VENTURES
Permittee as filedGULF COAST GROWTH VENTURES LLC
NPDES IDTX0137715
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 3, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 3, 2023
AddressGregory, TX 78359
Receiving waterCorpus Christi Bay; Copano Bay/PortBay/Mission Bay
SubwatershedTaft Drainage Ditch (HUC 121004070403)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant; the 60 with the most exceedances of 79 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH1044September 30, 2022
Solids, total suspended320
Oil & Grease710
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1200
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]500
Hexachlorobenzene400
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1300
Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2300
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit200
Carbon tetrachloride200
1,2-Dichloroethane200
Chloroform200
Toluene200
Benzene200
Acenaphthylene200
Acenaphthene200
Acrylonitrile200
Anthracene200
Benzo[k]fluoranthene200
Benzo[a]pyrene200
Chlorobenzene200
Chrysene200
Diethyl phthalate200
Dimethyl phthalate200
Ethylbenzene200
Fluoranthene200
Fluorene200
Hexachlorobutadiene200
Hexachloroethane200
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]200
Methylene chloride200
Nitrobenzene200
Phenanthrene200
Pyrene200
Tetrachloroethylene200
1,1-Dichloroethane200
1,1-Dichloroethylene200
1,1,1-Trichloroethane200
1,1,2-Trichloroethane200
Benzo[a]anthracene200
1,2-Dichlorobenzene200
1,2-Dichloropropane200
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene200
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene200
1,3-Dichlorobenzene200
1,4-Dichlorobenzene200
2-Chlorophenol200
2-Nitrophenol200
2,4-Dichlorophenol200
2,4-Dimethylphenol200
2,4-Dinitrotoluene200
2,4-Dinitrophenol200
2,6-Dinitrotoluene200
4-Nitrophenol200
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol200
Phenol200
Naphthalene200
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]200
Di-n-butyl phthalate200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 31, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.