Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COR040288
HOPEMORE SHAFT, Leadville, CO: NPDES COR040288 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HOPEMORE SHAFT, held by Leadlocks Mining LLC, holds NPDES permit COR040288, which discharges to S Evans Gulch To Evans Gulch - Arkansas River. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2016 and expiring July 31, 2021. 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 | HOPEMORE SHAFT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Leadlocks Mining LLC |
| NPDES ID | COR040288 |
| 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 |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | July 20, 2016 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2021 |
| Address | Leadville, CO 80461 |
| Receiving water | S Evans Gulch to Evans Gulch - Arkansas River |
| Subwatershed | Green Mountain Reservoir (HUC 140100020504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 40 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES COR040288.
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 COR040288.
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.