Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG073973
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE EDUCATION AND COLLECTION FACILITY, Denver County, CO: NPDES COG073973 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE EDUCATION AND COLLECTION FACILITY, held by G H Phipps Construction Companies, holds NPDES permit COG073973, which discharges to Cherry Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 3, 2012 and expiring September 30, 2013. 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 | DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE EDUCATION AND COLLECTION FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | G H Phipps Construction Companies |
| NPDES ID | COG073973 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 3, 2012 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2013 |
| Address | Denver County, CO 80205 |
| Receiving water | Cherry Creek |
| Subwatershed | Cherry Creek-South Platte River (HUC 101900030304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES COG073973.
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 COG073973.
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.