Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0026468
LIGHTNER CREEK CAMPGROUND, La Plata County, CO: NPDES CO0026468 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LIGHTNER CREEK CAMPGROUND, held by MacArthur Apartments LLC, holds NPDES permit CO0026468, which discharges to Lightner Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 29, 2009 and expiring June 30, 2014. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | LIGHTNER CREEK CAMPGROUND |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MacArthur Apartments LLC |
| NPDES ID | CO0026468 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 29, 2009 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2014 |
| Address | La Plata County, CO 81301 |
| Receiving water | LIGHTNER CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Lightner Creek (HUC 140801040602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 45 | 40 | 8 | July 31, 2023 | 952% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 40 | 8 | July 31, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2008 | 2,919% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 6 | 37 | 3 | July 31, 2016 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 135 | 2 | July 31, 2021 | 40% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 101 | 1 | July 31, 2014 | 17% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 67 | 1 | July 31, 2009 | 500% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, inorganic total | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 5 | 0 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 15, 2021 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 8, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
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.