Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0073458
CARTER MINE, Brookwood, AL: NPDES AL0073458 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARTER MINE, held by Warrior Met Coal Mining LLC, holds NPDES permit AL0073458. EPA’s file records it issued September 23, 2024 and expiring September 30, 2029. 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 | CARTER MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Warrior Met Coal Mining LLC |
| NPDES ID | AL0073458 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 23, 2024 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2029 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Brookwood, AL 35444 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Whiteoak Creek-Davis Creek (HUC 031601120303) |
| 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
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 | 36 | 4,536 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 49 | 3,024 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 24 | 3,024 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 18 | 3,024 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 12 | 3,024 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 6 | 1,512 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 0 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 6 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0073458.
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 AL0073458.
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.