Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AZI108741
RIPSEY WASH TAILINGS FACILITY, AZ: NPDES AZI108741 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 2Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
RIPSEY WASH TAILINGS FACILITY, held by Asarco Llc - Ray Operations, holds NPDES permit AZI108741, which discharges to Gila River | Mineral Creek - Unnamed Tributary. EPA’s file records it issued January 16, 2025 and expiring January 15, 2030.
RIPSEY WASH TAILINGS FACILITY, Arizona: Coverage under a general permit AZI108741, held by Asarco Llc - Ray Operations; Industrial stormwater; Effective; issued January 16, 2025, term to January 15, 2030, by ADEQ; discharges to Gila River | Mineral Creek - UNNAMED TRIBUTARY.
- Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Copper, dissolved [as Cu]: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Arizona holds 720 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 8 were issued before AZI108741. Asarco Llc - Ray Operations holds 4 permits in Arizona.
Other permits held by Asarco Llc - Ray Operations
- ASARCO RAY MINE OPERATIONS, Kearny: AZ0000035, issued May 27, 2015
- PIONEER ALABAMA, Kearny: AZI108738, issued January 16, 2025
- COPPER BUTTE: AZI108740, issued January 16, 2025
Coverages issued nearest AZI108741
- January 16, 2025: RAYTHEON SYSTEMS CO, Tucson, AZI108730, held by Raytheon Company
- January 16, 2025: REGENCY TECHNOLOGIES, Phoenix, AZI108734, held by Rsr Partners, Llc
- January 16, 2025: MAAX SPAS INDUSTRIES CORP., Chandler, AZI108737, held by Maax Spas Industries Corp.
- January 16, 2025: PIONEER ALABAMA, Kearny, AZI108738, held by Asarco Llc - Ray Operations
- January 16, 2025: COPPER BUTTE, AZI108740, held by Asarco Llc - Ray Operations
- January 16, 2025: PRIME NOW LLC - UAZ1, Phoenix, AZI108745, held by Prime Now Llc
- January 16, 2025: PHOENIX CEMENT, Clarkdale, AZI108746, held by Phoenix Cement
- January 16, 2025: CAMP VERDE GYPSUM, Camp Verde, AZI108748, held by Phoenix Cement
- January 16, 2025: SAGUARO ENVIRONMENTAL HAULING, Tucson, AZI108752, held by Republic Services Of Arizona Hauling, Llc
- January 16, 2025: ME GLOBAL INC. DBA ME ELECMETAL, Tempe, AZI108754, held by Me Global Inc.
RIPSEY WASH TAILINGS FACILITY among its neighbors
EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Ripsey Wash subwatershed (HUC 150501000301), AZI108741 among them.
What the register holds for RIPSEY WASH TAILINGS FACILITY: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address, Arizona, its receiving water, and 2 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES AZI108741.
Identity
| Facility as filed | RIPSEY WASH TAILINGS FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Asarco Llc - Ray Operations |
| NPDES ID | AZI108741 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | January 16, 2025 |
| Expiration date | January 15, 2030 |
| Issuing agency | ADEQ |
| Address | AZ 85041 |
| Receiving water | Gila River | Mineral Creek - UNNAMED TRIBUTARY |
| Subwatershed | Ripsey Wash (HUC 150501000301) |
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 2Pollutants on file
- 2Under a numeric limit
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 6 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AZI108741.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AZI108741.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AZI108741.
Formal enforcement and penalties
0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.
Informal enforcement
EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AZI108741.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.