Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0000582
LEADVILLE NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY, Leadville, CO: NPDES CO0000582 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LEADVILLE NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY, held by UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE - LEADVILLE NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY, holds NPDES permit CO0000582. EPA’s file records it issued December 29, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LEADVILLE NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE - LEADVILLE NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY |
| NPDES ID | CO0000582 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | December 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Address | Leadville, CO 80461 |
| Subwatershed | City of Leadville-Arkansas River (HUC 110200010206) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 4 | 55 | 3 | July 31, 2025 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Formaldehyde | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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 CO0000582.
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 14, 2026.