As of 9/1/18, the TCEQ is no longer accepting paper Notice of Intents to Permit projects 5 acres or greater. All entities requesting Permit coverage must obtain a STEERS account and submit their NOI electronically.

Here is the link to the TCEQ’s website where you can begin the STEERS account creation process: https://www3.tceq.texas.gov/steers/index.cfm?fuseaction=newacct.welcome&spaaction=createnew

The site is not intuitive at all. When working through the application process there are several questions asked that are somewhat confusing. The correct answers to these questions are as follows:

Which STEERS Program? "Storm Water General Permits (EPR_SW)";

Access type: “Storm Water Sign - view, create, delete, modify, pay, sign and submit”;

What is the best description of your employer’s relationship to the facility? “My employer is the facility or applicant for the permit application”.

Once you have provided the information about your account and the relationship you have with the facility, and you are on the “STEERS Account Summary page, you will need to submit an SPA ( STEERS Application Agreement ). If you have Texas Drivers License, you can click the "E-sign SPA” link at the top of the page. This will take you to another page that collects the information from your TXDL. Once you have entered all the information and checked the 2 check boxes at the bottom of the page, click the “E-Sign SPA” button. The site gives you no indication that the application has been received. I typically tell clients to wait a minute or two and then click the “Exit Application” button and close the browser. In 10 - 15 minutes, you should be able to log in using your newly assigned ER# and password and you account should be moved from probationary to active. If you do not have a Texas Drivers License, you can click the “Paper SPA” and complete the information and “Generate your SPA” which will create the paper form that will need to be sent to the TCEQ’s address indicated on the form. It has been taking 10-14 days for the TCEQ to process these paper SPAs.

Once a STEERS account has been established, I will need the ER# of the account holder. If the entity under which you are going to be obtaining TCEQ Permit coverage has never obtained coverage before, I will need the Secretary of State (“SOS”) filing number of that entity in order to set them up within STEERS.

I know this is a lot of work, please feel free to call me when you are working through this and I will do my best to step you through it if I need to.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Todd