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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES COR901496

UNION PACIFIC RR STERLING, Sterling, CO: NPDES COR901496 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

UNION PACIFIC RR STERLING, held by Union Pacific Railroad Company, holds NPDES permit COR901496, which discharges to South Platte River. EPA’s file records it issued July 11, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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 UNION PACIFIC RR STERLING: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Sterling, Colorado, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES COR901496.

Identity

Facility as filedUNION PACIFIC RR STERLING
Permittee as filedUnion Pacific Railroad Company
NPDES IDCOR901496
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJuly 11, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2022
AddressSterling, CO 80751
Receiving waterSouth Platte River
SubwatershedCity of Sterling-South Platte River (HUC 101900120904)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES COR901496.

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 COR901496.

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

The Velarion Records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES COR901496 for UNION PACIFIC RR STERLING in Sterling, Colorado, held by Union Pacific Railroad Company and discharging to the South Platte River. The register lists its permit status as administratively continued, a Minor Discharger class, zero pollutants under a numeric limit, and zero pollutants with an effluent exceedance.