Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG501532
GUNNISON RIVER GRAVEL PIT #5, Whitewater, CO: NPDES COG501532 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GUNNISON RIVER GRAVEL PIT #5, held by Elam Construction Inc, holds NPDES permit COG501532, which discharges to Gunnison River. EPA’s file records it issued November 21, 2011 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 | GUNNISON RIVER GRAVEL PIT #5 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Elam Construction Inc |
| NPDES ID | COG501532 |
| 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 | November 21, 2011 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2013 |
| Address | Whitewater, CO 81527 |
| Receiving water | Gunnison River |
| Subwatershed | Outlet East Creek (HUC 140200050604) |
| 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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 8With 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 | 4 | 184 | 4 | June 30, 2014 | 789% over the limit |
| Selenium, potentially dissolvd | 4 | 257 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 180 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 180 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 2 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 2 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 44 | 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 COG501532.
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.