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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NMR04A008

BERNALILLO COUNTY, Albuquerque, NM: NPDES NMR04A008 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BERNALILLO COUNTY, held by BERNALILLO COUNTY (NOTED AS BC THROUGHOUT NOI), holds NPDES permit NMR04A008, which discharges to Rio Grande River. EPA’s file records it issued December 19, 2014 and expiring December 19, 2019. 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 filedBERNALILLO COUNTY
Permittee as filedBERNALILLO COUNTY (NOTED AS BC THROUGHOUT NOI)
NPDES IDNMR04A008
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
IssuedDecember 19, 2014
Expiration dateDecember 19, 2019
AddressAlbuquerque, NM 87102
Receiving waterRIO GRANDE RIVER
SubwatershedCity of Albuquerque (HUC 130202030304)

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
Temperature, water deg. centigrade363240
Conductivity242160
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]242160
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C242160
Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD]242160
pH242160
Solids, total suspended242160
Oil & Grease242160
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]242160
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]242160
Phosphorus, total [as P]242160
Phosphorus, dissolved242160
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]242160
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]242160
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]242160
Benzo[b]fluoranthene242160
Benzo[k]fluoranthene242160
Benzo[a]pyrene242160
Chrysene242160
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene242160
Benzo[a]anthracene242160
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene242160
Pentachlorophenol242160
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]242160
Benzidine242160
Dieldrin242160
Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs]242160
E. coli242160
Solids, total dissolved242160
Alpha gross radioactivity242160
Dibenzofuran242160
Tetrahydrofuran242160

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NMR04A008.

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 NMR04A008.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.