Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG315242
BALL AEROSPACE, Boulder, CO: NPDES COG315242 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BALL AEROSPACE, held by G H Phipps Construction Co, holds NPDES permit COG315242, which discharges to Boulder Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 3, 2011 and expiring October 31, 2015. 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 | BALL AEROSPACE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | G H Phipps Construction Co |
| NPDES ID | COG315242 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 3, 2011 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2015 |
| Address | Boulder, CO 80301 |
| Receiving water | Boulder Creek |
| Subwatershed | City of Boulder-Boulder Creek (HUC 101900050406) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler COD085270270; ICIS-AIR source CO0000000801300084 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 2 | November 30, 2011 | 4,900% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 12 | 2 | December 31, 2011 | 139% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, dissolved [as Mn] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total volatile priority pollutants | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Base neutrals & acid [Method 625], total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Metals, total | 0 | 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 COG315242.
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.