Texas City, TX Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

Section 158.23 of the Texas City Code puts erosion and sediment control on the operator of every construction site, whatever its size. Best management practices must control and reduce discharge of sediment, silt, earth and soil to the MS4 and waters of the United States to the maximum extent practicable. The listed measures include preserving existing vegetation, stabilizing disturbed areas with seeding, mulching, geotextiles or sod as soon as practicable, diverting flows from exposed soils, minimizing off-site tracking by vehicles, and keeping cement, lime, concrete and mortar out of the MS4.

Each site needs a single on-site concrete truck washout with an appropriate BMP to ensure 0% leaching into surrounding soil, and portable fueling tanks need secondary containment.\n\nQualified personnel provided by the operator must inspect disturbed areas not finally stabilized, exposed material storage, structural controls and vehicle entrances and exits, at least once every 14 calendar days and within 24 hours of the end of a storm that is one-half inch or greater. Practices are revised based on the results. The city can deny a building permit, grading permit, certificate of occupancy, subdivision plat or site development plan if the City Engineer or Storm Water Manager finds the practices do not control sediment.

A contractor responsible for a control measure is jointly and severally responsible for willful or negligent failure to implement it.\n\nSites disturbing one or more acres, including parts of a common plan of development, must submit a signed notice of intent to the City Engineer at least seven days before construction begins and prepare a storm water pollution prevention plan under the TPDES construction general permit. Contractors named in the plan sign a certification before work. If the City Engineer or Storm Water Manager notifies the operator that the plan is deficient, the required changes and a written certification are due within seven days. Section 158.21(D) separately bans harmful quantities of sediment from entering the MS4.