Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AZI108707
FREEPORT-MCMORAN - SAFFORD OPERATIONS, Safford, AZ: NPDES AZI108707 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 2Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FREEPORT-MCMORAN - SAFFORD OPERATIONS, held by Freeport-Mcmoran Safford Inc., holds NPDES permit AZI108707, which discharges to Gila River | Diversion Dam - Watson Wash @ 32. EPA’s file records it issued January 16, 2025 and expiring January 15, 2030. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
What the register holds for FREEPORT-MCMORAN - SAFFORD OPERATIONS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Safford, Arizona, its receiving water, and 2 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES AZI108707.
Identity
| Facility as filed | FREEPORT-MCMORAN - SAFFORD OPERATIONS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Freeport-Mcmoran Safford Inc. |
| NPDES ID | AZI108707 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | January 16, 2025 |
| Expiration date | January 15, 2030 |
| Issuing agency | ADEQ |
| Address | Safford, AZ 85546 |
| Receiving water | Gila River | DIVERSION DAM - WATSON WASH @ 32 |
| Subwatershed | Lone Star Wash-Gila River (HUC 150400050701) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 2Pollutants on file
- 2Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 55 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AZI108707.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AZI108707.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.