Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG500161
SOUTH FRUITA PIT/ARCUBY PIT, Fruita, CO: NPDES COG500161 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTH FRUITA PIT/ARCUBY PIT, held by Elam Construction Inc, holds NPDES permit COG500161, which discharges to Colorado River. EPA’s file records it issued June 16, 2008 and expiring June 30, 2013. 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 | SOUTH FRUITA PIT/ARCUBY PIT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Elam Construction Inc |
| NPDES ID | COG500161 |
| 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 | June 16, 2008 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2013 |
| Address | Fruita, CO 81643 |
| Receiving water | COLORADO RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Devils Canyon-Colorado River (HUC 140100051615) |
| SIC | 1442 – Construction Sand And Gravel |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 21 | 1 | December 31, 2014 | 42% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 6 | 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 COG500161.
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.