Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ID0000175
HECLA LTD - LUCKY FRIDAY MINE AND MILL, Mullan, ID: NPDES ID0000175 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HECLA LTD - LUCKY FRIDAY MINE AND MILL, held by HECLA LTD, holds NPDES permit ID0000175, which discharges to Sf Coeur D'Alene River. EPA’s file records it issued August 12, 2003 and expiring September 14, 2008. 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 filed | HECLA LTD - LUCKY FRIDAY MINE AND MILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HECLA LTD |
| NPDES ID | ID0000175 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 12, 2003 |
| Expiration date | September 14, 2008 |
| Issuing agency | U.S. EPA, REGION 10 |
| Address | Mullan, ID 83846 |
| Receiving water | SF COEUR D'ALENE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Little North Fork South Fork Coeur d'Alene River-South Fork Coeur d'Alene River (HUC 170103020101) |
| NAICS | 212222 – Silver Ore Mining |
| SIC | 1044 – Silver Ores |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IDD009424862 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead, total recoverable | 48 | 31 | 31 | February 29, 2024 | 1,012% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 48 | 20 | 20 | April 30, 2020 | 42,168% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 8 | 4 | August 31, 2023 | 230% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 40 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2008 | 118% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 24 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2008 | 95% over the limit |
| pH | 24 | 4 | 1 | January 31, 2008 | |
| TU Static 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 224 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 88 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 4 | 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 ID0000175.
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.