Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0029181
MINE NO. 7, Brookwood, AL: NPDES AL0029181 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MINE NO. 7, held by Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0029181. EPA’s file records it issued February 24, 2021 and expiring February 28, 2026. 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 | MINE NO. 7 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC |
| NPDES ID | AL0029181 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 24, 2021 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Brookwood, AL 35444 |
| Subwatershed | Woods Creek-Mud Creek (HUC 031601120105) |
| NAICS | 212115 – Underground Coal Mining |
| SIC | 1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 144 | 2,254 | 1 | July 31, 2019 | |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 74 | 1,618 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 104 | 1,208 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 56 | 1,170 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 48 | 1,166 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 26 | 591 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 100 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 100 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 24 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 12 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 16 | 2 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 8 | 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 AL0029181.
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.