Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0048801
FORT LYON SUPPORTIVE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WTP, Las Animas, CO: NPDES CO0048801 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FORT LYON SUPPORTIVE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WTP, held by Colorado Dept of Corrections, holds NPDES permit CO0048801, which discharges to Arkansas River. EPA’s file records it issued May 16, 2011 and expiring December 31, 2013. 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 | FORT LYON SUPPORTIVE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Colorado Dept of Corrections |
| NPDES ID | CO0048801 |
| 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 | May 16, 2011 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2013 |
| Address | Las Animas, CO 81054 |
| Receiving water | Arkansas River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | John Martin Reservoir (HUC 110200090704) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selenium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 63 | 56 | September 30, 2024 | 833% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 19 | 1 | June 30, 2015 | 18% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 2 | 1 | June 30, 2020 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, potentially dissolved | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 & 228, dissolved | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thorium-230 + Thorium-232 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silver, potentially dissolved | 0 | 1 | 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 CO0048801.
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.