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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WY0026026

#1 PAUL, WY: NPDES WY0026026 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

#1 PAUL, held by Chaco Energy Company, holds NPDES permit WY0026026. EPA’s file records it issued November 1, 2012 and expiring October 31, 2017. 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#1 PAUL
Permittee as filedChaco Energy Company
NPDES IDWY0026026
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 1, 2012
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2017
Issuing agencyWDEQ
AddressWY
SubwatershedUpper Dutton Creek (HUC 101800100803)

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
pH2144June 30, 2015
Specific conductance161June 30, 20134% over the limit
Radium 226, total161June 30, 201373% over the limit
Flow4540
Produced water, oil and grease2130
Sulfide, total [as S]0130
Sulfate, total [as SO4]150
Chloride150

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 WY0026026.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not 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.