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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05GS20

TEJAS INDUSTRIES EAST PLANT, Hereford, TX: NPDES TXR05GS20 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TEJAS INDUSTRIES EAST PLANT, held by Nestle Purina Petcare Company, holds NPDES permit TXR05GS20. EPA’s file records it issued April 22, 2025 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 TEJAS INDUSTRIES EAST PLANT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Hereford, Texas, and 13 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05GS20.

Identity

Facility as filedTEJAS INDUSTRIES EAST PLANT
Permittee as filedNestle Purina Petcare Company
NPDES IDTXR05GS20
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
IssuedApril 22, 2025
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressHereford, TX 79045
SubwatershedHereford Municipal Airport-City of Hereford (HUC 111201010507)

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended600
Arsenic, total [as As]600
Barium, total [as Ba]600
Cadmium, total [as Cd]600
Chromium, total [as Cr]600
Copper, total [as Cu]600
Lead, total [as Pb]600
Manganese, total [as Mn]600
Nickel, total [as Ni]600
Silver, total [as Ag]600
Zinc, total [as Zn]600
Selenium, total [as Se]600
Mercury, total [as Hg]600

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TXR05GS20.

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 TXR05GS20.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.