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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0026875

OAK GROVE MINE, Hueytown, AL: NPDES AL0026875 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OAK GROVE MINE, held by OAK GROVE RES OAK GROVE MINE, holds NPDES permit AL0026875, which discharges to Ut To Raccoon Br Raccoon Br Lick Br. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2006 and expiring February 28, 2011. 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 filedOAK GROVE MINE
Permittee as filedOAK GROVE RES OAK GROVE MINE
NPDES IDAL0026875
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 28, 2006
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2011
AddressHueytown, AL 35023
Receiving waterUT TO RACCOON BR RACCOON BR LICK BR
SubwatershedLost Creek-Rock Creek (HUC 031601120103)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler ALR000005124; ICIS-AIR source ALJEF0000107300386

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]0108May 31, 2024300% over the limit
E. coli0108July 31, 202499,999% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]0134December 31, 20191,412% over the limit
pH0162May 31, 2022
Manganese, total [as Mn]0102March 31, 2018422% over the limit
Solids, total suspended080
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant080
Solids, settleable030
Chlorine, total residual020
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]020
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]010

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 AL0026875.

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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What this page shows

This page is a public-records entry for NPDES permit AL0026875, held by OAK GROVE RES OAK GROVE MINE for OAK GROVE MINE in Hueytown, AL 35023, and covering its discharge to UT TO RACCOON BR RACCOON BR LICK BR in the HUC 031601120103 subwatershed. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class of 0, 5 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.