Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG318027
PEARL PLACE, Boulder, CO: NPDES COG318027 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 114Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PEARL PLACE, held by Google LLC, holds NPDES permit COG318027, which discharges to Boulder Slough (See Cert/Fact Sheet For More). EPA’s file records it issued November 16, 2020 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 | PEARL PLACE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Google LLC |
| NPDES ID | COG318027 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 16, 2020 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2028 |
| Address | Boulder, CO 80301 |
| Receiving water | Boulder Slough (see cert/fact sheet for more) |
| Subwatershed | City of Boulder-Boulder Creek (HUC 101900050406) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 114Pollutants on file
- 114Under a numeric limit
- 3With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 114 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead, potentially dissolvd | 8 | 24 | 24 | May 31, 2026 | 38% over the limit |
| Copper, potentially dissolved | 8 | 18 | 18 | June 30, 2025 | 42% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2024 | 13% over the limit |
| Zinc, potentially dissolved | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, potentially dissolvd | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, dissolved [as Mn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, potentially dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, potentially dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Uranium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total phenols | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Uranium, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorodibromomethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 2 | 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 COG318027.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.