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TCEQ previews several general‑permit renewals and amendments including aquaculture and concrete patch permits

Water Quality Advisory Work Group, Water Quality Division, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) · January 29, 2026
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Summary

TCEQ staff summarized proposed renewals and amendments to multiple general permits — aquaculture (TXG130000), Evaporation Pond (WQG100000), Conventional Water Treatment (TXG640000), Concrete Patch (TXG11000000) and the Pesticides permit — with changes ranging from wastewater definitions to new effluent limits and updated monitoring and reporting requirements.

TCEQ staff offered a consolidated update on several general permits during the advisory group meeting, describing substantive changes and timelines.

On the aquaculture permit (TXG130000), Shannon Gibson said TCEQ proposed amendments that explicitly include washdown and processing water from modern oyster mariculture equipment and allow certain mariculture cleaning in or over state waters; EPA returned approval on 05/27/2025. The Evaporation Pond permit (WQG100000) was adopted at the…

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