Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG589123
PRIMERO RE-2 SCHOOL DISTRICT, Las Animas County, CO: NPDES COG589123 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRIMERO RE-2 SCHOOL DISTRICT, held by Primero RE-2 School District, holds NPDES permit COG589123, which discharges to Purgatoire River. EPA’s file records it issued May 21, 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 | PRIMERO RE-2 SCHOOL DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Primero RE-2 School District |
| NPDES ID | COG589123 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 21, 2012 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2013 |
| Address | Las Animas County, CO 81091 |
| Receiving water | Purgatoire River |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Picketwire Valley (HUC 110200100205) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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, suspended percent removal | 1 | 25 | 24 | July 31, 2025 | 636% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 12 | 11 | August 31, 2022 | 79% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 4 | 3 | July 31, 2014 | 17% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2015 | |
| E. coli | 2 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2018 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 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 COG589123.
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.