Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NM0020273
CITY OF RATON, Raton, NM: NPDES NM0020273 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF RATON, held by RATON, CITY OF, holds NPDES permit NM0020273, which discharges to Doggett Crk, Raton Crk, Chico Rica. EPA’s file records it issued December 14, 2020 and expiring January 31, 2026. 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 | CITY OF RATON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | RATON, CITY OF |
| NPDES ID | NM0020273 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 14, 2020 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2026 |
| Address | Raton, NM 87740 |
| Receiving water | DOGGETT CRK, RATON CRK, CHICO RICA |
| Subwatershed | Raton Creek (HUC 110800010104) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole effluent toxicity | 0 | 20 | 20 | September 30, 2008 | 100% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 12 | 17 | 15 | May 31, 2026 | 33% over the limit |
| E. coli | 6 | 14 | 6 | July 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 20 | 5 | 3 | March 31, 2024 | 51% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2017 | 8% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 15 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WET, sublethal retest #2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity, Sub-Lethal Retest #3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whole Effluent Toxicity - Retest #3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Survival Test Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEC Sub-Lethal Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Lethal Survival Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LOEC Sub-Lethal Reproduction Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic 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 NM0020273.
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.