Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NM0020435
CHINO MINES COMPANY, Hurley, NM: NPDES NM0020435 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHINO MINES COMPANY, held by CHINO MINES CO-HURLEY, holds NPDES permit NM0020435, which discharges to Whitewater Creek & Lamplight Draw. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 2000 and expiring March 31, 2005. 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 filed | CHINO MINES COMPANY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CHINO MINES CO-HURLEY |
| NPDES ID | NM0020435 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 25, 2000 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2005 |
| Address | Hurley, NM 88043 |
| Receiving water | WHITEWATER CREEK & LAMPLIGHT DRAW |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Whitewater Creek (HUC 130302020302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 30With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vanadium, total [as V] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 0 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NM0020435.
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 NM0020435.
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.