Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0042480
EAGLE MINE REMEDIATION WWTP, Minturn, CO: NPDES CO0042480 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EAGLE MINE REMEDIATION WWTP, held by CBS Operations Inc, holds NPDES permit CO0042480, which discharges to Eagle River. EPA’s file records it issued June 24, 2009 and expiring July 31, 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 | EAGLE MINE REMEDIATION WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CBS Operations Inc |
| NPDES ID | CO0042480 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 24, 2009 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2014 |
| Address | Minturn, CO 81645 |
| Receiving water | Eagle River |
| Subwatershed | West Grouse Creek-Eagle River (HUC 140100030209) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 5 | 1 | January 31, 2008 | 14% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 4 | 1 | October 31, 2003 | 41% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 1 | January 31, 2010 | |
| Zinc, potentially dissolved | 40 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2016 | 122% over the limit |
| Copper, potentially dissolved | 2 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2010 | 436% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, potentially dissolvd | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total low level | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, dissolved [as Mn] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, potentially dissolvd | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, potentially dissolvd | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES CO0042480.
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.