Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG315176
BOULDER FACILITY, Boulder County, CO: NPDES COG315176 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BOULDER FACILITY, held by Raytheon Company, holds NPDES permit COG315176, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To Dry Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 24, 2006 and expiring October 31, 2010. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BOULDER FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Raytheon Company |
| NPDES ID | COG315176 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 24, 2006 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2010 |
| Address | Boulder County, CO 80301 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED TRIB TO DRY CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Boulder Reservoir (HUC 101900050704) |
| SIC | 1799 – Special Trade Contractors |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler COD007068646 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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 | 2 | 25 | 9 | December 31, 2013 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Benzene | 2 | 24 | 7 | July 31, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chloroform | 3 | 19 | 6 | October 31, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Vinyl chloride | 6 | 29 | 4 | October 31, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Toluene | 2 | 21 | 4 | November 30, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 21 | 4 | November 30, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Methylene chloride | 2 | 17 | 4 | October 31, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Trichloroethylene | 6 | 27 | 2 | October 31, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| 1,2-cis-Dichloroethylene | 6 | 27 | 2 | November 30, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 6 | 19 | 2 | November 30, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 19 | 2 | March 31, 2010 | |
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 2 | 19 | 2 | November 30, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 15 | 2 | October 31, 2015 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Manganese, dissolved [as Mn] | 0 | 15 | 1 | October 31, 2015 | 804% over the limit |
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 0 | 12 | 1 | October 31, 2015 | 1,143% over the limit |
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 1 | December 31, 2006 | 7% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 3 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Hydrogen sulfide | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2-Butanone | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Acetone | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Trichlorotrifluoroethane | 2 | 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 COG315176.
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 October 14, 2026.