Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NM0030376
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO-RIO BRAVO GENERATING STATION, Albuquerque, NM: NPDES NM0030376 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 37Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO-RIO BRAVO GENERATING STATION holds NPDES permit NM0030376, which discharges to S. Albuquerque Mafca, Rio Grande Ri. EPA’s file records it issued January 21, 2010 and expiring February 28, 2015. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO-RIO BRAVO GENERATING STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO-RIO BRAVO GENERATING STATION |
| NPDES ID | NM0030376 |
| 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 | January 21, 2010 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2015 |
| Address | Albuquerque, NM 87105 |
| Receiving water | S. ALBUQUERQUE MAFCA, RIO GRANDE RI |
| Subwatershed | City of Albuquerque (HUC 130202030304) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NMR000007096; ICIS-AIR source NMCOA0003500100923 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 39Pollutants on file
- 37Under a numeric limit
- 39With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 32 | 14 | April 30, 2016 | 4,445% over the limit |
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 30 | 3 | August 31, 2009 | 145% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 61 | 2 | October 31, 2018 | 237% over the limit |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 8 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 16 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen demand, chem. [high level] [COD] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dissolved [as As] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, dissolved [as Be] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, dissolved [as Tl] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Silver, dissolved [as Ag] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, dissolved [as Sb] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total recoverable | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 4,4'-DDT | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Aldrin | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chlordane [tech mix. and metabolites] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Dieldrin | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobenzene | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Low Flow Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| NOAEC Lethal Statis Renewal 48 Hr Acute Daphnia pulex | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Coef Of Var Static Renewal 48Hr Acute D. pulex | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Whole effluent toxicity - retest #2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 2 | 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 NM0030376.
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.