Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXG130103
TURTLE CREEK AQUACULTURE, Palacios, TX: NPDES TXG130103 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TURTLE CREEK AQUACULTURE, held by Turtle Creek Aquaculture, LLC, holds NPDES permit TXG130103. EPA’s file records it issued January 17, 2023 and expiring April 17, 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | TURTLE CREEK AQUACULTURE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Turtle Creek Aquaculture, LLC |
| NPDES ID | TXG130103 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 17, 2023 |
| Expiration date | April 17, 2026 |
| Address | Palacios, TX 77465 |
| Subwatershed | Tres Palacios River (HUC 121004010300) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Ammonia nitrogen, total, [as N] 30 day | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Inorganic suspended solids | 2 | 20 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXG130103.
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TXG130103.
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 15, 2026.