Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0061786
GHOLSON MINE, Montevallo, AL: NPDES AL0061786 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GHOLSON MINE, held by Camellia Met Mining, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0061786. EPA’s file records it issued September 13, 2016 and expiring September 30, 2021. 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 | GHOLSON MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Camellia Met Mining, LLC |
| NPDES ID | AL0061786 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 13, 2016 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2021 |
| Address | Montevallo, AL 35115 |
| Subwatershed | Murry Creek-Piney Woods Creek (HUC 031502020205) |
| NAICS | 212114 – Surface 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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 | 90 | 3,321 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 42 | 2,511 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 62 | 2,214 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 45 | 1,944 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 28 | 1,674 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 62 | 1,080 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 62 | 1,080 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 17 | 837 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 62 | 432 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 62 | 432 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 62 | 432 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 12 | 240 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 32 | 180 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 28 | 180 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 14 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 14 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 7 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 7 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 24 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Silver, dissolved [as Ag] | 6 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dissolved [as Se] | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0061786.
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 AL0061786.
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.