Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COL048959

NORTHERN TREATMENT PLANT, Brighton, CO: NPDES COL048959 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
0Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

NORTHERN TREATMENT PLANT, held by Metro Wastewater Reclamation District - Northern Treatment Plant, holds NPDES permit COL048959. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025.

NORTHERN TREATMENT PLANT, Brighton, Colorado: Associated permit record COL048959, held by Metro Wastewater Reclamation District - Northern Treatment Plant; Biosolids; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued January 1, 2021, term to December 31, 2025.

October 1, 2021: PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Pollutant Limit Ceiling Violation (001 - Selenium - Maximum) (EP6).
January 1, 2021: PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Applied to Land at Greater than the Agronomic Rate Violation (001) (EP6).

Colorado holds 380 Biosolids coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 0 were issued before COL048959.

Coverages issued nearest COL048959

January 1, 2021: PEACEFUL VALLEY RESORT LLC, Lyons, COL048828, held by Peaceful Valley Resort LLC
January 1, 2021: GLENWOOD SPRINGS CITY OF, Glenwood Springs, COL048852, held by Glenwood Springs City of
January 1, 2021: FRUITA CITY OF, Fruita, COL048854, held by Fruita City of
January 1, 2021: CORRAL GULCH WWTF, Meeker, COL048859
January 1, 2021: HIDDEN VIEW ESTATES HOA, Loveland, COL048861, held by Hidden View Estates HOA
January 1, 2021: US ARMY-FORT CARSON WWTP, Fort Carson, COL05A11F
January 1, 2021: GALETON WATER & SANITATION DIST, Galeton, COL063200
January 1, 2021: BLUE RIVER WWTP, Dillon, COL070867
January 1, 2021: BASALT SD, Basalt, COL074232, held by Basalt SD
January 1, 2021: LASALLE TOWN OF, La Salle, COL090101, held by Lasalle Town of

NORTHERN TREATMENT PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 71 discharge permits in the City of Brighton-South Platte River subwatershed (HUC 101900030409), COL048959 among them. Its county holds 780, 13 of them major permits; COL048959 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the City of Brighton-South Platte River subwatershed (HUC 101900030409)

27J NORTH TRANSPORTATION FACILITY, Brighton: COR425028, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
ANCHOR DRILLING FLUIDS USA, LLC - BRIGHTON, CO, Brighton: COR901495, minor permit, discharging to unnamed tributary to South Platte River, permit term to December 31, 2022
AURORA NORTH CAMPUS RADIAL COLLECTOR WELL 02, Fort Lupton: COG081458, minor permit, discharging to South Platte River, permit term to May 31, 2028
AURORA NORTH CAMPUS RADIAL COLLECTOR WELL 02, Fort Lupton: COR430165, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
BARR LAKE DTL MP 524.9, Brighton: COR901000, minor permit, discharging to Barr Lake, permit term to June 30, 2017
BASELINE LAKES, Unincorporated: COR423295, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
BASELINE LAKES-HORIZON VIEW, Unincorporated: COR427162, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2029
BASELINE OUTFALL, Brighton: COR416141, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2024
BH INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, Brighton: COR900544, minor permit, discharging to South Platte River, permit term to June 30, 2017
BRIDGE ST. WIDENING, Brighton: COR420893, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2024

Identity

Facility as filed	NORTHERN TREATMENT PLANT
Permittee as filed	Metro Wastewater Reclamation District - Northern Treatment Plant
NPDES ID	COL048959
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Associated permit record
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Program	Biosolids
Issued	January 1, 2021
Expiration date	December 31, 2025
Address	Brighton, CO 80603
Subwatershed	City of Brighton-South Platte River (HUC 101900030409)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler COR000225870; ICIS-AIR source CO00000008123099ED

Effluent limits and exceedances

0Pollutants on file
0Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES COL048959.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

2Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
October 1, 2021	PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Pollutant Limit Ceiling Violation (001 - Selenium - Maximum)	EP6
January 1, 2021	PR: Biosolids - Land Application: Applied to Land at Greater than the Agronomic Rate Violation (001)	EP6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES COL048959.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES COL048959.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES COL048959 for the NORTHERN TREATMENT PLANT in Brighton, CO, held by Metro Wastewater Reclamation District - Northern Treatment Plant, with a Biosolids program and a Minor discharger class of 0. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and the permit is shown as Administratively continued.