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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COP900205

SYNTHES LTD (U.S.A.), El Paso County, CO: NPDES COP900205 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SYNTHES LTD (U.S.A.), held by Synthes USA Ltd, holds NPDES permit COP900205. EPA’s file records it issued June 10, 2008 and expiring June 9, 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 filedSYNTHES LTD (U.S.A.)
Permittee as filedSynthes USA Ltd
NPDES IDCOP900205
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeState-issued individual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 10, 2008
Expiration dateJune 9, 2013
AddressEl Paso County, CO 80132
SubwatershedUpper Monument Creek (HUC 110200030102)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler COD095158572; ICIS-AIR source CO0000000804100213

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Lead, total [as Pb]0215December 31, 2008305% over the limit
Chromium, total [as Cr]0171December 31, 200652% over the limit
pH0121September 30, 2008
Zinc, total [as Zn]0200
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant0200
Copper, total [as Cu]0180
Nickel, total [as Ni]0180
Total toxic organics [TTO] [40 CFR433]080
Cyanide, total [as CN]060
Cadmium, total [as Cd]040
Silver, total [as Ag]020

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 COP900205.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit COP900205 for SYNTHES LTD (U.S.A.) in El Paso County, CO, a state-issued individual permit with Minor Discharger status, effective, issued June 10, 2008 and expiring June 9, 2013. The page lists 11 pollutants on file, of which 3 have an effluent exceedance and 11 have a violation of any kind.