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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TXR1571ZH

ELEMENT CRITICAL AUS1 DH4B, Austin, TX: NPDES TXR1571ZH discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ELEMENT CRITICAL AUS1 DH4B, held by SMITH SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS, INC., holds NPDES permit TXR1571ZH, which discharges to Walnut Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2026 and expiring March 4, 2028. 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.

What the register holds for ELEMENT CRITICAL AUS1 DH4B: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Austin, Texas, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TXR1571ZH.

Identity

Facility as filedELEMENT CRITICAL AUS1 DH4B
Permittee as filedSMITH SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS, INC.
NPDES IDTXR1571ZH
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedAugust 31, 2026
Expiration dateMarch 4, 2028
AddressAustin, TX 78753
Receiving waterWALNUT CREEK

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 TXR1571ZH.

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 TXR1571ZH.

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.