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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AZMS81288

BHP COPPER INC - COPPER CITIES UNIT, AZ: NPDES AZMS81288 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BHP COPPER INC - COPPER CITIES UNIT, held by Bhp Copper Inc., holds NPDES permit AZMS81288. EPA’s file records it issued February 27, 2020 and expiring December 30, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for BHP COPPER INC - COPPER CITIES UNIT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address, Arizona. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES AZMS81288.

Identity

Facility as filedBHP COPPER INC - COPPER CITIES UNIT
Permittee as filedBhp Copper Inc.
NPDES IDAZMS81288
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
IssuedFebruary 27, 2020
Expiration dateDecember 30, 2024
AddressAZ 85532
SubwatershedMiami Wash (HUC 150601030603)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES AZMS81288.

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 AZMS81288.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AZMS81288.

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 AZMS81288.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

The Velarion Records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit AZMS81288 for BHP COPPER INC - COPPER CITIES UNIT, AZ, held by Bhp Copper Inc., with the permit listed as administratively continued and classed as a Minor Discharger. The page reports 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it shows the permit in the Miami Wash subwatershed (HUC 150601030603).