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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0024287

SLOAN MOUNTAIN MINE NO. 3, Warrior, AL: NPDES AL0024287 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SLOAN MOUNTAIN MINE NO. 3, held by Best Coal, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0024287. EPA’s file records it issued January 4, 2024 and expiring January 3, 2029. 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 filedSLOAN MOUNTAIN MINE NO. 3
Permittee as filedBest Coal, Inc.
NPDES IDAL0024287
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 4, 2024
Expiration dateJanuary 3, 2029
Issuing agencyState
AddressWarrior, AL 35180
SubwatershedCampbell Creek (HUC 031601110404)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH721,8800
Iron, total [as Fe]361,4100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant489400
Solids, total suspended249400
Manganese, total [as Mn]249400
Solids, settleable124700
Specific conductance4800
Sulfate [as S]4800

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0024287.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0024287.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit AL0024287, held by Best Coal, Inc. for SLOAN MOUNTAIN MINE NO. 3 in Warrior, AL, with status Effective and issuance and expiration dates as listed. The page lists 8 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 6 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.