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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0075086

PLEASANT GROVE SOUTH MINE, Oakman, AL: NPDES AL0075086 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PLEASANT GROVE SOUTH MINE, held by Quality Coal Co Inc, holds NPDES permit AL0075086. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2007 and expiring October 31, 2012. 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 filedPLEASANT GROVE SOUTH MINE
Permittee as filedQuality Coal Co Inc
NPDES IDAL0075086
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
IssuedOctober 31, 2007
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2012
AddressOakman, AL 35579
SubwatershedLower Lost Creek (HUC 031601090405)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Solids, total suspended123902December 31, 202243% over the limit
pH245740
Sulfate [as S]03960
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant123880
Specific conductance03820
Iron, total [as Fe]182900
Manganese, total [as Mn]121860
Solids, settleable61040
Solids, total dissolved0660
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia0330
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]0330
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia0110
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]0110

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 AL0075086.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AL0075086.

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 AL0075086.

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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PLEASANT GROVE SOUTH MINE, Oakman, Alabama: Individual permit AL0075086, held by Quality Coal Co Inc; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued October 31, 2007, term to October 31, 2012.

  • Solids, total suspended: 12 limits, 390 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2022, largest 43% over the limit.
  • pH: 24 limits, 574 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Sulfate [as S]: 0 limits, 396 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 12 limits, 388 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Specific conductance: 0 limits, 382 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Iron, total [as Fe]: 18 limits, 290 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Manganese, total [as Mn]: 12 limits, 186 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, settleable: 6 limits, 104 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Solids, total dissolved: 0 limits, 66 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 0 limits, 33 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 0 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

PLEASANT GROVE SOUTH MINE among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 17 discharge permits in the Lower Lost Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601090405), AL0075086 among them. Its county holds 191, 2 of them major permits; AL0075086 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Lost Creek subwatershed (HUC 031601090405)

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0075086 for the Pleasant Grove South Mine in Oakman, AL, held by Quality Coal Co Inc, with a status of administratively continued and a minor discharger classification. The page lists 13 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 13 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.