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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0078271

BUTTAHATCHEE EAST MINE, Haleyville, AL: NPDES AL0078271 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BUTTAHATCHEE EAST MINE, held by Best Coal, Inc, holds NPDES permit AL0078271. EPA’s file records it issued November 22, 2019 and expiring November 30, 2024. 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.

What the register holds for BUTTAHATCHEE EAST MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Haleyville, Alabama, and 13 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES AL0078271.

Identity

Facility as filedBUTTAHATCHEE EAST MINE
Permittee as filedBest Coal, Inc
NPDES IDAL0078271
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 22, 2019
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2024
AddressHaleyville, AL 35565
SubwatershedLake Buttahatchee-Buttahatchee River (HUC 031601030102)

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
pH8400
Specific conductance5600
Sulfate [as S]5600
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant5600
Iron, total [as Fe]4200
Solids, total suspended2800
Manganese, total [as Mn]2800
Solids, settleable1400
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]1400
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia700
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia700
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]700
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]700

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES AL0078271.

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 AL0078271.

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 Clean Water Act NPDES permit AL0078271 for BUTTAHATCHEE EAST MINE in Haleyville, Alabama, held by Best Coal, Inc, with permit status Effective and a minor discharger class. The register lists 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit dated as issued November 22, 2019 and expiring November 30, 2024, as of September 15, 2026.