Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0045675
SAN LUIS GOLD, San Luis, CO: NPDES CO0045675 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 31Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SAN LUIS GOLD, held by Battle Mountain Resources Inc, holds NPDES permit CO0045675, which discharges to Rito Seco. EPA’s file records it issued August 31, 2007 and expiring September 30, 2012. 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 | SAN LUIS GOLD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Battle Mountain Resources Inc |
| NPDES ID | CO0045675 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 31, 2007 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2012 |
| Address | San Luis, CO 81152 |
| Receiving water | RITO SECO |
| Subwatershed | Rito Seco (HUC 130100020905) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 36Pollutants on file
- 31Under a numeric limit
- 30With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 3 | 6 | 1 | October 31, 2004 | 10% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 3 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2001 | 240% over the limit |
| Lead, potentially dissolvd | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, dissolved [as Mn] | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, potentially dissolved | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Silver, potentially dissolved | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, potentially dissolved | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, potentially dissolvd | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Uranium, potentially dissolvd | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, potentially dissolvd | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, potentially dissolvd | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, potentially dissolvd | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Uranium, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 3 | 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 CO0045675.
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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