Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CO0046540
FOURMILE CREEK SPRINGS, Teller County, CO: NPDES CO0046540 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
FOURMILE CREEK SPRINGS, held by Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Co, holds NPDES permit CO0046540, which discharges to Fourmile Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 22, 2006 and expiring March 31, 2011. 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 | FOURMILE CREEK SPRINGS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Co |
| NPDES ID | CO0046540 |
| 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 | February 22, 2006 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2011 |
| Address | Teller County, CO 80860 |
| Receiving water | FOURMILE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Cripple Creek-Four Mile Creek (HUC 110200020203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 38Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 38With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 52 | 32 | July 31, 2026 | 329% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [low level] | 0 | 26 | 1 | May 31, 2025 | 2% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Lead, potentially dissolvd | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Sodium adsorption ratio | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Silver, potentially dissolved | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, potentially dissolved | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Copper, potentially dissolved | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, potentially dissolvd | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, potentially dissolvd | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, potentially dissolvd | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, potentially dissolvd | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent total recoverable | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide-hydrogen sulfide [undissociated] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Bicarbonate ion- [as HCO3] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Uranium, total | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total recoverable | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, dissolved [as Mn] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 3 | 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 CO0046540.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES CO0046540.
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 CO0046540.
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.