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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0077593

REESE'S BRANCH MINE, Parrish, AL: NPDES AL0077593 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

REESE'S BRANCH MINE, held by Best Coal, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0077593. EPA’s file records it issued March 31, 2021 and expiring March 31, 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.

What the register holds for REESE'S BRANCH MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Parrish, Alabama, and 14 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES AL0077593.

Identity

Facility as filedREESE'S BRANCH MINE
Permittee as filedBest Coal, Inc.
NPDES IDAL0077593
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 31, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2026
AddressParrish, AL 35580
SubwatershedBlack Branck-Cane Creek (HUC 031601090404)
NAICS212114 – Surface Coal Mining
SIC1221 – 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

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
pH9600
Specific conductance6400
Sulfate [as S]6400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6400
Iron, total [as Fe]4800
Solids, total suspended3200
Manganese, total [as Mn]3200
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]3200
Selenium, total recoverable2800
Solids, settleable1600
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia1600
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]1600
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia800
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]800

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0077593.

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 AL0077593.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit AL0077593 for REESE'S BRANCH MINE in Parrish, Alabama, held by Best Coal, Inc., with an effective status, issuance on March 31, 2021, and expiration on March 31, 2026. The page lists 14 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.