Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0048003
WEST SPANISH PEAKS COALBED METHANE OPERATION, Las Animas County, CO: NPDES CO0048003 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WEST SPANISH PEAKS COALBED METHANE OPERATION, held by Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc, holds NPDES permit CO0048003, which discharges to Purgatoire River/Lorencito Canyon. EPA’s file records it issued December 30, 2009 and expiring January 31, 2015. 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 | WEST SPANISH PEAKS COALBED METHANE OPERATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc |
| NPDES ID | CO0048003 |
| 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 | December 30, 2009 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2015 |
| Address | Las Animas County, CO |
| Receiving water | Purgatoire River/Lorencito Canyon |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Guajatoya Creek (HUC 110200100101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 25 | 2 | June 30, 2018 | 47% over the limit |
| Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 20 | 1 | December 31, 2017 | 19% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 27 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2018 | 10% over the limit |
| Sodium Absorption Ratio | 27 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 30 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 30 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 26 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total recoverable | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total recoverable | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total recoverable | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 30 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 30 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 30 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate as [CaCO3] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| %Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 6 | 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 CO0048003.
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.