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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NMR05J07T

UNIVERSAL WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., Ruidoso Downs, NM: NPDES NMR05J07T discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

UNIVERSAL WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., held by Universal Waste Systems, Inc., holds NPDES permit NMR05J07T. EPA’s file records it issued November 10, 2024 and expiring February 28, 2026. 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 filedUNIVERSAL WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
Permittee as filedUniversal Waste Systems, Inc.
NPDES IDNMR05J07T
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
IssuedNovember 10, 2024
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2026
Issuing agencyU.S. EPA
AddressRuidoso Downs, NM 88346
SubwatershedMiddle Rio Ruidoso (HUC 130600080106)

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
pH2100
Solids, total suspended2100
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]2100
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]150
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]150
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]150
Aluminum, total recoverable150

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NMR05J07T.

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 NMR05J07T.

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 15, 2026.