Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ID0025259
NORANDA MINING INC, Cobalt, ID: NPDES ID0025259 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORANDA MINING INC holds NPDES permit ID0025259, which discharges to Blackbird Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 1990 and expiring April 30, 1995. 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 | NORANDA MINING INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NORANDA MINING INC |
| NPDES ID | ID0025259 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 30, 1990 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 1995 |
| Address | Cobalt, ID 83229 |
| Receiving water | BLACKBIRD CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Blackbird Creek (HUC 170602031103) |
| NAICS | 212230 – Copper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining |
| SIC | 1061 – Ferroalloy Ores, Except Vanadium |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IDD000643122 |
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
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 7 | 60 | 14 | June 30, 2008 | 287% over the limit |
| pH | 16 | 69 | 1 | July 31, 1992 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 21 | 79 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 9 | 78 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 16 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total [as Co] | 4 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 7 | 43 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 16 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 5 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 5 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 5 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 4 | 10 | 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 ID0025259.
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.