Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NN0029386
MCKINLEY MINE, Gallup, NM: NPDES NN0029386 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 44Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MCKINLEY MINE, held by CHEVRON MINING, INC., holds NPDES permit NN0029386. EPA’s file records it issued October 26, 2009 and expiring November 30, 2014. 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 | MCKINLEY MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CHEVRON MINING, INC. |
| NPDES ID | NN0029386 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 26, 2009 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2014 |
| Address | Gallup, NM 87301 |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Defiance Draw (HUC 150200060404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 50Pollutants on file
- 44Under a numeric limit
- 50With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 28 | 107 | 11 | December 31, 2014 | 943% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 28 | 101 | 7 | September 30, 2011 | 847% over the limit |
| pH | 60 | 107 | 3 | December 31, 2016 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 44 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 16 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 24 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dissolved [as As] | 30 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, dissolved [as Tl] | 30 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 30 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 30 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, dissolved [as Sb] | 30 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Chlordane | 24 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 24 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 24 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 4,4'-DDT | 24 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Aldrin | 24 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Dieldrin | 24 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 24 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobenzene | 24 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Boron, dissolved [as B] | 30 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 30 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 30 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 30 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Silver, dissolved [as Ag] | 30 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 30 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 30 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Alpha gross radioactivity | 24 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, dissolved [as Co] | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Vanadium, dissolved [as V] | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| .beta.-Endosulfan | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Endosulfan | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Pentachlorophenol | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| .gamma.-BHC | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Endrin | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Toxaphene | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Heptachlor | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Heptachlor epoxide | 24 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dissolved [as Se] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, Ca Mg Calculated [mg/L as CaCO3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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 NN0029386.
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.