Concrete Production Facility Discharges: Obtaining Coverage Under General Permit No. TXG110000

If you own or operate a ready-mixed concrete plant, concrete products plant, or their associated facilities (SIC Codes 3271, 3272, and 3273), and discharges facility wastewater, contact storm water, or both into or adjacent to water in the state, a permit is required. You may qualify for coverage under the Concrete Production Facility, General Permit (TXG110000).

NOTE: Effective September 1, 2017, applicants must submit the application forms using the online e-permitting system or request and obtain an electronic reporting waiver. Electronic reporting waivers are not transferable and expire on the same date as the authorization to discharge.

You must obtain authorization before discharging from a concrete production facility. The following steps will help determine if you qualify for coverage under this general permit:

Step 1.

Read the general permit (TXG110000) to make sure it applies to your discharge.

If the general permit does not apply, you may need to obtain an individual permit.
If the general permit does apply, continue with Step 2.

Step 2.

Review your facility's compliance history ranking.

If your facility has a ranking of "high," "satisfactory," or "inadequate information" continue to Step 3.
If the ranking is "unsatisfactory," your facility is not eligible for coverage under a general permit. You must apply for an individual permit instead.

Step 3.

To apply for coverage under this general permit, you must: apply online using these instructions.

To request paper forms, please call:

TCEQ Application Review and Processing Team at 512-239-4671 to obtain the paper application forms; and
TCEQ Compliance Monitoring Team at 512-239-2545 to obtain paper Discharge Monitoring Report forms.

For additional guidance on setting up an account to submit the application forms using the online e-permitting system, please review the TCEQ Regulatory Guidance document A Guide to Creating an Account in STEERS E-Permitting (TCEQ Form RG-531a)

Step 4.

If you qualify for coverage under this general permit but would rather have and individual permit, you may request that coverage instead.

Provisional coverage under this general permit begins immediately after the NOI is submitted online.

We will review the NOI and take one of the following actions:

If everything is acceptable, we will send you an Acknowledgment Letter to authorize your coverage.
If any information is incomplete or missing, we will send you a letter requesting the necessary information. You will have 30 days (about a month) to respond to this request.
If coverage has been denied, we will send you denial letter.

You must keep a copy of the NOI and the acknowledgement certificate onsite.

Step 5.

Complying With Your Permit

After obtaining coverage under this permit, you will need to do the following:

Adhere to the requirements of the general permit (TXG110000).
Complete and submit the online Discharge Monitoring Report, as required.
Submit the online Notice of Change (NOC) if you failed to submit any relevant facts, submitted incorrect information in an NOI, or if any previously submitted information has changed.
Submit the online Notice of Termination (NOT) when all discharges authorized by the permit are eliminated, completed, if the operator or owner changes, or coverage under an individual permit is obtained.

NOTE: If you are discharging to an MS4, you must submit a copy of the NOI, NOC, and/or NOT to the operator of that system at the same time you submit the forms to TCEQ.

Annual Fees

Coverage continues to be active until a Notice of Termination is submitted. Annual water quality fees of $500 will accrue on September 1st of each year that the permit is active. An invoice for the annual fees will be mailed each year to the billing contact identified in your application.