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TCEQ rolls out comprehensive MS4 permit, moves reporting to NetMS4; electronic applications due Feb. 11, 2025

2621776 · February 28, 2025
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TCEQ issued a renewed Phase II MS4 general permit (effective Aug. 15, 2024) that adopts a comprehensive permit approach, requires electronic applications and annual reporting through NetMS4, and sets a Feb. 11, 2025 deadline for coverage where designated.

TCEQ staff detailed the 2024 renewal of the Phase II municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) general permit, TXR-040000, and the agency's transition to electronic applications and annual reporting via EPA's NetMS4 system.

Rebecca Villalba, team leader for the stormwater team, said the renewed permit, effective Aug. 15, 2024, replaces the two-step approach with a comprehensive general permit that prescribes requirements and measurable goals for minimum control measures (MCMs). She said public education/outreach and public involvement/participation are now separated into two MCMs and that…

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