Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COPE42480
EAGLE MINE REMEDIATION WWTP, Minturn, CO: NPDES COPE42480 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EAGLE MINE REMEDIATION WWTP, held by CBS Operations Inc, holds NPDES permit COPE42480, which discharges to Eagle River. EPA’s file records it issued September 2, 2021 and expiring September 30, 2026. 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 | EAGLE MINE REMEDIATION WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CBS Operations Inc |
| NPDES ID | COPE42480 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | State-issued individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 2, 2021 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2026 |
| Address | Minturn, CO 81645 |
| Receiving water | Eagle River |
| Subwatershed | West Grouse Creek-Eagle River (HUC 140100030209) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler COD983772609 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LC50 Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2022 | 23% over the limit |
| Zinc, potentially dissolved | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, potentially dissolved | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, potentially dissolvd | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, potentially dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, potentially dissolvd | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total low level | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, dissolved [as Mn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LC50 Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas | 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 COPE42480.
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.