Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Notices Of Violation (NOV)

data.texas.gov | Last Updated 2 Apr 2024

Approved regional investigations resulting in a Notice of Violation (NOV) and the details associated with each violation that are documented in the Consolidated Compliance and Enforcement Data System (CCEDS). All NOVs displayed were sent as physical letters to the Regulated Entities' business contacts. An NOV may contain multiple violation citations (Category A, B, and C) due to identified noncompliance with different regulatory requirements. Note other databases are utilized within the agency and may contain information on additional violations.

Tags: investigations, violations, program support & environmental assistance division, oce, office of compliance and enforcement

This dataset has the following 21 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Regulated Entity Numberrn_numbertextUnique number assigned to the Regulated Entity.
Regulated Entity Namern_nametextName of the Regulated Entity located at the specific site.
Business TypebusinesstextThe description of the primary business function that this Regualted Entity is performing
Physical Locationphys_loctextPhysical description or address for the Regulated Entity, as available
Physical Cityphys_citytextCity associated to the physical location of the Regulated Entity
Physical Statephys_statetextState associated to the physical location of the Regulated Entity
Physical Zip Codephys_ziptextZip Code associated to the physical location of the Regulated Entity.
CountycountytextCounty associated to the physical location.
Investigation Numberinvestigation_notextUnique number assigned to each investigation.
Investigation Approved Dateinvest_approved_dtcalendar_dateDate the investigation was approved.
NOV Dateviolation_status_datecalendar_dateDate the NOV was issued.
Coordinates (County Centroid)coordinates_centroid_polypointCoordinates of the county center point (centroid) for the NOV
TCEQ RegionregiontextTCEQ region number and regional office location
Notice of Violation IDviolation_idtextUnique identifier associated with the NOV.
Cat. A Violation Tracking Numbersa_viol_track_numtextViolation Tracking Numbers for Category A violations.
Cat. A Violation Citationsa_viol_citationstextViolation Citations for Category A violations.
Cat. B Violation Tracking Numbersb_viol_track_numtextViolation Tracking Numbers for Category B violations.
Cat. B Violation Citationsb_viol_citationstextViolation Citations for Category B violations.
Cat. C Violation Tracking Numbersc_viol_track_numtextViolation Tracking Numbers for Category C violations.
Cat. C Violation Citationsc_viol_citationstextViolation Citations for Category C violations.
Total Violation Countviol_cntnumberTotal number of violations associated with the NOV.