Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG318097

SUGAR CUBE BUILDING, Denver, CO: NPDES COG318097 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
140Pollutants under a numeric limit
4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

SUGAR CUBE BUILDING, held by Urban Villages Inc, holds NPDES permit COG318097, which discharges to South Platte River. EPA’s file records it issued August 16, 2021 and expiring May 31, 2028. 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	SUGAR CUBE BUILDING
Permittee as filed	Urban Villages Inc
NPDES ID	COG318097
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 16, 2021
Expiration date	May 31, 2028
Address	Denver, CO 80202
Receiving water	South Platte River
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Cherry Creek-South Platte River (HUC 101900030304)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

140Pollutants on file
140Under a numeric limit
140With a violation of any kind
4With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 140 are shown.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
PFAS Sum	4	30	4	November 30, 2024	29% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	2	21	3	January 31, 2024	338% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	32	2	August 31, 2022	1,027,210% over the limit
Selenium, potentially dissolvd	6	33	1	May 31, 2025	2% over the limit
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA)	2	24	0
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)	2	22	0
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)	2	22	0
1H,1H, 2H, 2H-Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)	2	22	0
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)	2	22	0
Perfluorononanesulfonic acid (PFNS)	2	22	0
Arsenic, total recoverable	3	20	0
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)	2	20	0
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)	2	20	0
Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA)	2	20	0
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)	2	20	0
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)	2	20	0
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)	2	20	0
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)	2	20	0
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)	2	20	0
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)	2	20	0
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)	2	20	0
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)	2	20	0
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTeDA)	2	20	0
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)	2	20	0
Perfluorodecanesulfonic acid (PFDS)	2	20	0
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)	2	20	0
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)	2	20	0
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)	2	20	0
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)	2	20	0
1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)	2	20	0
pH	2	18	0
Carbon tetrachloride	2	12	0
1,2-Dichloroethane	2	12	0
Bromoform	2	12	0
Chloroform	2	12	0
Toluene	2	12	0
Benzene	2	12	0
Acrolein	2	12	0
Chlorobenzene	2	12	0
Chlorodibromomethane	2	12	0
Methyl bromide [Bromomethane]	2	12	0
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]	2	12	0
Tetrachloroethylene	2	12	0
1,1-Dichloroethylene	2	12	0
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	2	12	0
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	2	12	0
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	2	12	0
1,2-Dichloropropane	2	12	0
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	2	12	0
Ethylbenzene	2	12	0
Vinyl chloride	2	12	0
Trichloroethylene	2	12	0
1,3-Dichloropropylene	2	12	0
Xylene [mix of m+o+p]	2	12	0
1,4-Dioxane	2	12	0
Iron, total recoverable	2	10	0
Selenium, total recoverable	2	10	0
Thallium, total recoverable	2	10	0
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]	2	10	0
Barium, total recoverable	2	10	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 COG318097.

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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This public-records page covers NPDES permit COG318097 for SUGAR CUBE BUILDING in Denver, CO, held by Urban Villages Inc, which discharges to the South Platte River within the Cherry Creek-South Platte River (HUC 101900030304) subwatershed. The permit status is Effective, classed as a Minor discharger, and the EPA file lists 140 pollutants on file, all of which are under a numeric limit and all of which carry a violation of some kind, with 4 showing an effluent exceedance.