Industrial Sectors Under the Industrial Multi-Sector General Permit
This page lists sectors of industry that may obtain coverage under the industrial storm water general permit for storm water runoff. The general permit includes coverage for storm water runoff from manufacturing, processing, material storage, and waste material disposal areas.
Storm water discharge associated with industrial activity is defined as storm water runoff that exits any system that is used for collecting and conveying storm water that originates from manufacturing, processing, material storage, and waste material disposal areas (and similar areas where storm water can contact industrial pollutants related to the industrial activity) at an industrial facility that falls under one or more of the following sectors of industry:
- Timber Products
- Paper and Allied Products
- Chemical and Allied Products
- Asphalt Paving and Roofing Materials and Lubricants
- Glass, Clay, Cement, Concrete, and Gypsum Products
- Primary Metals
- Metal mining (Ore Mining and Dressing)
- Coal Mines and Coal Mining Related Facilities
- Oil and Gas Extraction
- Mineral Mining and Dressing
- Hazardous Waste Storage Facilities
- Landfills and Land Application Sites
- Automobile Salvage Yards
- Scrap Recycling Facilities
- Steam Electric Generating Facilities
- Land Transportation and Warehousing
- Water Transportation
- Ship and Boat Building or Repairing Yards
- Air Transportation
- Treatment Works
- Food and Kindred Products
- Textile Mills, Apparel, and Other Fabric Product Manufacturing, Leather and Leather Products
- Furniture and Fixtures
- Printing and Publishing
- Rubber, Miscellaneous Plastic Products, and Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
- Leather Tanning and Finishing
- Fabricated Metal Products
- Transportation Equipment, Industrial or Commercial Machinery
- Electronic, Electrical, Photographic, and Optical Goods
- Miscellaneous Industrial Activities
The table SIC Codes Subject to TPDES Multisector General Permit (TXR050000) lists the SIC codes and Industrial Activity codes under each of these sectors.


