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TCEQ says 600+ MS4 applications submitted; electronic annual-reporting module paused as EPA work remains limited
Summary
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality reported receipt of more than 600 Phase 2 MS4 applications and said 145 have been approved while 489 remain on hold; a planned electronic annual‑reporting module in the Texas Net MS4 system is paused pending EPA resources, so annual reports must be submitted on paper for now.
Rebecca Villalva, team leader for the TCEQ stormwater team, told the Water Quality Advisory Work Group that the 2024 Phase 2 MS4 general permit (TXR‑40,000) was renewed on Aug. 15, 2024, and that MS4s had until Feb. 11, 2025 to submit renewal or new applications electronically through the Texas Net MS4 system developed with EPA.
"We received over 600 applications," Villalva said, and TCEQ has approved 145 renewal notices of intent (NOIs), placed 489 submissions on hold pending review and is actively reviewing 126 of those. She added that 36 NOIs currently cannot be processed because the Net MS4 system is blocking TCEQ staff from using…
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