Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NMR053226
CONTINENTAL MINE, Hanover, NM: NPDES NMR053226 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 3Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CONTINENTAL MINE, held by FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC., holds NPDES permit NMR053226. EPA’s file records it issued October 9, 2015 and expiring June 3, 2020. 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 | CONTINENTAL MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD INC. |
| NPDES ID | NMR053226 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | October 9, 2015 |
| Expiration date | June 3, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | U.S. EPA |
| Address | Hanover, NM 88041 |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Whitewater Creek (HUC 130302020302) |
| SIC | 1021 – Copper Ores |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NMD980507958; ICIS-AIR source NM0000003501700011 |
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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 3Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 8 | 104 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 8 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 8 | 86 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, Ca Mg Calculated [mg/L as CaCO3] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 9 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NMR053226.
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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 18, 2018 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMP | EP6 |
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.