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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR05GZ40

USA RARE EARTH, Sierra Blanca, TX: NPDES TXR05GZ40 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

USA RARE EARTH, held by Round Top Mountain Development, LLC, holds NPDES permit TXR05GZ40. EPA’s file records it issued April 13, 2026 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 USA RARE EARTH: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Sierra Blanca, Texas. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR05GZ40.

Identity

Facility as filedUSA RARE EARTH
Permittee as filedRound Top Mountain Development, LLC
NPDES IDTXR05GZ40
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 13, 2026
Expiration dateAugust 13, 2026
AddressSierra Blanca, TX 79851
SubwatershedHeadwaters Arroyo Baluco (HUC 130401000701)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TXR05GZ40.

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 TXR05GZ40.

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.