Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0068390

WHITE OAK CREEK CBM PROJECT, Oakman, AL: NPDES AL0068390 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
9Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

WHITE OAK CREEK CBM PROJECT, held by Urban Oil and Gas Group, LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0068390. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023.

WHITE OAK CREEK CBM PROJECT, Oakman, Alabama: Individual permit AL0068390, held by Urban Oil and Gas Group, LLC; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued August 29, 2018, term to August 31, 2023.

BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest November 30, 2015, largest 58% over the limit.
pH: 12 limits, 22 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest October 31, 2015.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 8 limits, 21 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest July 31, 2017, largest 193% over the limit.
Chloride, dissolved in water: 12 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 8 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 8 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Specific conductance: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil & Grease: 4 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Other permits held by Urban Oil and Gas Group, LLC

MAXWELL CROSSING, Buhl: AL0060216, issued March 25, 2015
RIVER ROAD FACILITY, Buhl: AL0060755, issued August 31, 2015
THE NARROWS, Buhl: AL0066621, issued April 7, 2026
CAHABA COALBED METHANE PROJECT, Tuscaloosa: AL0076252, issued February 28, 2014

WHITE OAK CREEK CBM PROJECT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 5 discharge permits in the Shoal Creek-Black Warrior River subwatershed (HUC 031601120203), AL0068390 among them. Its county holds 191, 2 of them major permits; AL0068390 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Shoal Creek-Black Warrior River subwatershed (HUC 031601120203)

BLACK WARRIOR RIVER BASIN PROJECT, Tuscaloosa: AL0057312, minor permit, permit term to February 28, 2019
BLUE CREEK MINE NO. 1 - BLACKBURN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, Oakman: ALR10C79U, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2026
SOUTHCROSS ALABAMA PIPELINE LLC, Adger: ALG670039, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2017
TOGA, Adger: AL0057037, minor permit, permit term to July 31, 2020

Identity

Facility as filed	WHITE OAK CREEK CBM PROJECT
Permittee as filed	Urban Oil and Gas Group, LLC
NPDES ID	AL0068390
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	August 29, 2018
Expiration date	August 31, 2023
Address	Oakman, AL 35579
Subwatershed	Shoal Creek-Black Warrior River (HUC 031601120203)

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
9Under a numeric limit
10With a violation of any kind
3With 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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	0	2	2	November 30, 2015	58% over the limit
pH	12	22	1	October 31, 2015
Manganese, total [as Mn]	8	21	1	July 31, 2017	193% over the limit
Chloride, dissolved in water	12	20	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	8	12	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	8	12	0
Specific conductance	4	8	0
Oil & Grease	4	8	0
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	2	4	0
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	2	4	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES AL0068390.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AL0068390.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES AL0068390.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0068390 for the WHITE OAK CREEK CBM PROJECT in Oakman, AL, held by Urban Oil and Gas Group, LLC, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The page lists 10 pollutants on file, 9 under a numeric limit, 10 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.