Water Quality Control Division - Commerce and Industry

Preliminary Effluent Limitations (PELS) Application and Guidance pdf file

INDIVIDUAL PERMITS

If the permittee would prefer a site specific analysis of mixing considerations and anti-degredation rules, the individual permit would apply.

Commercial and Industrial Individual Application Termination
Hard Rock Mining and Milling Individual Application Termination
To see a list of Active Individual Permits see the EPA website located at: EPA Echo

GENERAL PERMITS

A General Permit is appropriate when the permittee is able to and agrees to meet the standards in the General Permit. General Permits are easier to apply for and are usually issued in a shorter time frame

Aquatic Animal Production	COG130000	Application	Termination	Permit Fact Sheet
Commercial Washing of Outdoor Structures	COG607000	Application	Termination	Permit Fact Sheet
Coal Mining Process Water & Stormwater Combined	COG850000	Application	Termination	Permit Fact Sheet
Hydrostatic Testing of Pipelines, Tanks, & Similar Vessels	COG604000	Application	Termination	Permit Fact Sheet
Metal Mining Industry Stormwater	COR040000	Application	Termination	Permit Fact Sheet
Non-Contact Cooling Water	COG605000	Application	Termination	Permit Fact Sheet
Non-Extractive Industries Stormwater	COR900000	Application Termination	Questions and Answers	Permit Fact Sheet Mod 1 Fact Sheet Response to Comments SWMP Guidance
No Exposure Exclusion from CDPS Stormwater Permitting	CONOX0000	Application	Termination
Produced Water Treatment Facilities	COG840000	Application	Termination	Permit Mod 1 Fact Sheet Issued Fact Sheet
Sand & Gravel Mining Wastewater & Stormwater combined	COG500000	Application Appendix A Appendix B	Termination	Permit Fact Sheet
Sand & Gravel Mining & Processing Stormwater Only	COR340000	Application Appendix A Appendix B	Termination	Permit Fact Sheet
		DMR Form	for SW Sand & Gravel only
Subterranean Dewatering or Well Development	COG603000	Application	Termination	Permit Fact Sheet
Water Treatment Plant Wastewater Discharge	COG641000	Application	Termination	Permit & Fact Sheet

LOW RISK DISCHARGES

Low Risk Discharges - Water Quality Policy 27	WQP - 27	Comment
Snow Melting	Policy	Comment
Swimming Pools	Policy	Comment
Potable Water Discharges	Policy	Comment
Uncontaminated Groundwater Discharges to Ground	Policy	Comment
Surface Cosmetic Power Washing Operations - Discharges to Land	Policy	Comment
Fire Safety Maintenance Activities Draft Guidance	Guidance Document

OTHER PERMITTING FORMS (see also Compliance Forms for contact changes and annual report forms)

Request Modification Application
Request Transfer Application
Request Withdrawl Application
to withdraw request for new/renewal/or modifications

Memo pdf file Note that both the Water Quality Control Division (WQCD) Permits Section and the Solid Waste Program in the Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division (HMWMD) regulate activities impacting ground water. The respective roles of the WQCD and HMWMD are described in the memorandum: Water Quality Control Division and Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division Solid Waste Program Coordination on Regulation of Groundwater Impacts Under SB-181.

Compliance Forms
Change of Contact		Form
Significant Change in Discharges		Request
Compliance Schedule		Form
DMR Information	DMR Guidance	Net DMRs Overview
	COR900000 DMR Assistance Memo	Training Information
Annual Reports
Non-Extractive Industrial ActivityStormwater COR900000		Form
Metal Mining Stormwater COR040000		Form
Sand and Gravel Industry COR340000 and COR500000		Form
Guidance Documents
HTE/Commercial Washing of Outdoore Structures Fact Sheet Fact Sheet
NPDES Permit COR900000 Questions and Answers
E P A Industrial Stormwater Fact Sheet Series
Stormwater Management Plan Guidance
Non-Extractive Industrial Activities Stormwater Managment Plan Guidance		SWMP Guidance SWMP Checklist Potential Pollutants Appendices A-C
Sand And Gravel Industrial Activities Stormwater Managment Plan Guidance		Guidance
Metal Mining Industrial Activities Stormwater Managment Plan Guidance		Guidance
Sampling Guidance
Industrial Stormwater Monitoring and Sampling Guide - EPA
YouTube Video Instructions on Gathering Stormwater Samples Produced by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
1- How to Collect an Industrial Stormwater GRAB Sample 4:13 min long video describing and demonstrating how to collect a GRAB Sample
2- How to Collect an Industrial Stormwater Sheet Flow Sample 5:47 min long video describing and demonstrating how to collect a Sheet Flow Sample
3- How to Identify and Confirm Benchmark Monitoring Locations 8:20 min long video describing and demonstrating how to determine Benchmark Sampling Locations
Low Risk Policy and Guidance Documents
Low Risk Discharges Water Quality Policy 27		WQP - 27	Comment
Snow Melting		Policy	Comment
Swimming Pools		Policy	Comment
Discharge of Potable Water		Policy	Comment
Discharge of Uncontaminated Groundwater to Land		Policy	Comment
Discharges of Surface Cosmetic Power Washing Operations to Land		Policy	Comment
Fire Safety Maintenace Activities Draft Guidance		Guidance Document

Actions taken by Division & Enforcement Staff

(January 1, 2009 through Present)

Clean Water Compliance and Enforcement Unit

The Clean Water Compliance and Enforcement Unit monitors self reported data from facilities that have discharge permits. The Enforcement Specialists are in charge of working with these facilities to make sure that the State of Colorado's wastewater is meeting the guidelines set by the Clean Water Act.


If you have received a compliance advisory regarding your discharge monitoring reports, please review the DMR Guidance Document to ensure that you are filling your DMRs out with the proper parameters and reporting units.		If you believe you have identified an error in the data reported to the Division and/or published through EPA's Enforcement & Compliance History Online (ECHO), please click on the link to report the error directly through the ECHO Website.


If you are looking for information on Colorado's Swim Beaches, Natural Swimming areas, Swim Beach Monitoring, or Swim Beach Closures, please visit our Swim Beach page.		For copies of Clean Water Enforcement Policies, please visit the policies page.

If you are looking for information or enforcement actions that you do not see posted, please contact the Clean Water Compliance and Enforcement Unit at cdphe_wqcd_cwce@state.co.us