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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COR040292

UPPER MOUNTAIN TOP, Ouray County, CO: NPDES COR040292 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

UPPER MOUNTAIN TOP, held by Mining Co Inc, holds NPDES permit COR040292, which discharges to Upper Sneffels Creek - Canyon Creek. 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 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedUPPER MOUNTAIN TOP
Permittee as filedMining Co Inc
NPDES IDCOR040292
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJuly 20, 2016
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2021
AddressOuray County, CO 81427
Receiving waterUpper Sneffels Creek - Canyon Creek
SubwatershedLake Creek (HUC 140801011103)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH2800
Turbidity1400
Solids, total suspended1400
Arsenic, total [as As]1400
Beryllium, total [as Be]1400
Cadmium, total [as Cd]1400
Copper, total [as Cu]1400
Iron, total [as Fe]1400
Lead, total [as Pb]1400
Nickel, total [as Ni]1400
Silver, total [as Ag]1400
Zinc, total [as Zn]1400
Antimony, total [as Sb]1400
Selenium, total [as Se]1400
Zinc, potentially dissolved1400
Cadmium, potentially dissolvd1400
Mercury, total [as Hg]1400

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES COR040292.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES COR040292.

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 14, 2026.