Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES ID0026468
HECLA LIMITED - GROUSE CREEK, Stanley, ID: NPDES ID0026468 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HECLA LIMITED - GROUSE CREEK, held by HECLA MINING CO, holds NPDES permit ID0026468, which discharges to Jordan Creek, Yankee Fork. EPA’s file records it issued December 13, 2001 and expiring January 29, 2007. 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 LIMITED - GROUSE CREEK |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HECLA MINING CO |
| NPDES ID | ID0026468 |
| 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 | December 13, 2001 |
| Expiration date | January 29, 2007 |
| Address | Stanley, ID 83278 |
| Receiving water | JORDAN CREEK, YANKEE FORK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Jordan Creek (HUC 170602010503) |
| NAICS | 212221 – Gold Ore Mining |
| SIC | 1041 – Gold Ores |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler IDD000643254 |
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
- 30Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 28With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 24 | 10 | May 31, 2008 | 167% over the limit |
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 25 | 7 | July 31, 1997 | 533% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 20 | 6 | May 31, 2008 | 73% over the limit |
| Effluent dilution ratio | 1 | 5 | 5 | May 31, 2004 | 76% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 0 | 18 | 4 | August 31, 1995 | 555% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 20 | 2 | April 30, 2000 | |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 16 | 2 | April 30, 2008 | 0% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 1 | April 30, 2023 | 49% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 3 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2008 | 72% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 1 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, dissolved organic [as C] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TU Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Oncorhynchus Mykiss | 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 ID0026468.
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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