Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG591184

ROUTT CO FOR PHIPPSBURG COMM WWTF, Phippsburg, CO: NPDES COG591184 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
63Pollutants under a numeric limit
7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

ROUTT CO FOR PHIPPSBURG COMM WWTF, held by Routt County Department of Environmental Health, holds NPDES permit COG591184, which discharges to Yampa River. EPA’s file records it issued November 2, 2022 and expiring December 31, 2029. 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	ROUTT CO FOR PHIPPSBURG COMM WWTF
Permittee as filed	Routt County Department of Environmental Health
NPDES ID	COG591184
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	November 2, 2022
Expiration date	December 31, 2029
Address	Phippsburg, CO 80469
Receiving water	Yampa River
Subwatershed	Lawson Creek-Yampa River (HUC 140500010107)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

63Pollutants on file
63Under a numeric limit
63With a violation of any kind
7With 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 63 are shown.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Arsenic, total recoverable	2	19	17	July 31, 2026	6,050% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	11	7	July 31, 2025	140% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	7	5	April 30, 2025	67% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal	1	6	5	July 31, 2025	313% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	1	4	3	July 31, 2025	80% over the limit
Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated]	1	4	1	March 31, 2025	82% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	24	3	1	January 31, 2025	10% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	6	6	0
Carbon, tot organic [TOC]	2	6	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	4	0
Solids, total dissolved	4	4	0
Aluminum, total recoverable	2	4	0
Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity	2	2	0
pH	2	2	0
E. coli	2	2	0
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)	2	2	0
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)	2	2	0
Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA)	2	2	0
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)	2	2	0
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)	2	2	0
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)	2	2	0
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)	2	2	0
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)	2	2	0
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)	2	2	0
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)	2	2	0
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)	2	2	0
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA)	2	2	0
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NEtFOSE)	2	2	0
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoethanol (NMeFOSE)	2	2	0
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)	2	2	0
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)	2	2	0
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)	2	2	0
Perfluorodecanesulfonic acid (PFDS)	2	2	0
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)	2	2	0
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)	2	2	0
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)	2	2	0
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)	2	2	0
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)	2	2	0
1H,1H, 2H, 2H-Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)	2	2	0
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)	2	2	0
Perfluorononanesulfonic acid (PFNS)	2	2	0
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA)	2	2	0
Perfluoro-2-methoxypropanoic acid	2	2	0
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)	2	2	0
Perfluoro(2-ethoxyethane)sulfonic acid (PFEESA)	2	2	0
Perfluorododecanesulfonic acid (PFDoS)	2	2	0
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)	2	2	0
Potassium 9-chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanonane-1-sulfonate	2	2	0
Potassium 11-chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonate	2	2	0
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NMeFOSA)	2	2	0
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamide (NEtFOSA)	2	2	0
PFAS Sum	2	2	0
3-Perfluoropropyl propanoic acid (3:3 FTCA)	2	2	0
3-Perfluoroheptyl propanoic acid (7:3 FTCA)	2	2	0
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)	2	2	0
2H,2H,3H,3H-Perfluorooctanoic acid (5:3 FTCA)	2	2	0
Chloride [as Cl]	1	2	0
Methanol, total	1	2	0
Sulfate	1	2	0
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]	1	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 COG591184.

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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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