Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG081344
COTTONWOOD CREEK, Colorado Springs, CO: NPDES COG081344 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COTTONWOOD CREEK, held by Frontier Environmental Services LLC, holds NPDES permit COG081344, which discharges to Cottonwood Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 13, 2025 and expiring May 31, 2028. 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 | COTTONWOOD CREEK |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Frontier Environmental Services LLC |
| NPDES ID | COG081344 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 13, 2025 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2028 |
| Address | Colorado Springs, CO 80920 |
| Receiving water | Cottonwood Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Cottonwood Creek (HUC 110200030106) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 1With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2026 | 133% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 5 | 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 COG081344.
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.