Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG589037
GOLD CREEK, Elbert County, CO: NPDES COG589037 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GOLD CREEK, held by Elizabeth Town of, holds NPDES permit COG589037, which discharges to Gold Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 17, 2005 and expiring October 31, 2010. 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 | GOLD CREEK |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Elizabeth Town of |
| NPDES ID | COG589037 |
| 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 | October 17, 2005 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2010 |
| Address | Elbert County, CO 80107 |
| Receiving water | GOLD CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Middle Running Creek (HUC 101900030703) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 7 | 6 | September 30, 2009 | 62% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 6 | 7 | 3 | December 31, 2005 | 1,216% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 98 | 5 | 3 | May 31, 2010 | 1,214% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2009 | 350% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2019 | |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2006 | 27% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2020 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Plant capacity fact. percent of capacity | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 0 | 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 COG589037.
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.