Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES UT0026280
WATERLEAF GSL LITHIUM PROJECT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, Corinne, UT: NPDES UT0026280 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 34Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WATERLEAF GSL LITHIUM PROJECT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, held by Waterleaf Resources, holds NPDES permit UT0026280, which discharges to Great Salt Lake. EPA’s file records it issued February 4, 2025 and expiring February 4, 2028. 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 | WATERLEAF GSL LITHIUM PROJECT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Waterleaf Resources |
| NPDES ID | UT0026280 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 4, 2025 |
| Expiration date | February 4, 2028 |
| Issuing agency | Utah Division of Water Quality |
| Address | Corinne, UT 84307 |
| Receiving water | Great Salt Lake |
| Subwatershed | Great Salt Lake (HUC 160203100200) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 34Pollutants on file
- 34Under a numeric limit
- 7With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 recoverable | 10 | 4 | 4 | February 3, 2026 | 170% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 10 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2025 | 440% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 10 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2025 | 1,020% over the limit |
| Chromium, total recoverable | 10 | 2 | 2 | April 30, 2025 | 323% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 10 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2025 | 65% over the limit |
| Molybdenum, total recoverable | 10 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2025 | 31% over the limit |
| Silicon, total | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silica, total [as SiO2] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lithium, total [as Li] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbonate ion [as CaCO3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hydroxide | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as NO3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as NO2] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromine, reported as the element | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 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 UT0026280.
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.