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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COG604494

SWITCHGRASS INTERCONNECT, Carr, CO: NPDES COG604494 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SWITCHGRASS INTERCONNECT, held by Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, holds NPDES permit COG604494, which discharges to Unnamed Trib To South Platte/Groundwater. EPA’s file records it issued August 13, 2026 and expiring June 30, 2029. 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.

What the register holds for SWITCHGRASS INTERCONNECT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Carr, Colorado, its receiving water, and 10 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES COG604494.

Identity

Facility as filedSWITCHGRASS INTERCONNECT
Permittee as filedRockies Express Pipeline LLC
NPDES IDCOG604494
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 13, 2026
Expiration dateJune 30, 2029
AddressCarr, CO 80612
Receiving waterunnamed trib to South Platte/groundwater
SubwatershedHeadwaters Owl Creek (HUC 101900080301)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH600
Solids, total suspended400
Iron, dissolved [as Fe]300
Oil and grease300
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant300
Flow, total300
Duration of discharge300
Oil and grease visual300
Iron, total recoverable200
Solids, total dissolved100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES COG604494.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES COG604494.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit COG604494 for SWITCHGRASS INTERCONNECT in Carr, CO, held by Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, with the permit listed as Effective and issued August 13, 2026 with an expiration date of June 30, 2029. The page lists 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and records no effluent or single-event violation for this permit.