Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0079821

COAL VALLEY MINE, Townley, AL: NPDES AL0079821 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

COAL VALLEY MINE, held by Best Coal, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0079821. EPA’s file records it issued September 7, 2022 and expiring September 30, 2027. 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 filed	COAL VALLEY MINE
Permittee as filed	Best Coal, Inc.
NPDES ID	AL0079821
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	September 7, 2022
Expiration date	September 30, 2027
Issuing agency	State
Address	Townley, AL 35587
Subwatershed	West Fork-Lost Creek (HUC 031601090403)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
13Under a numeric limit
1With a violation of any kind
1With 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
Solids, total suspended	18	1	1	February 28, 2019	46% over the limit
pH	54	0	0
Specific conductance	36	0	0
Sulfate [as S]	36	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	36	0	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	27	0	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	18	0	0
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]	18	0	0
Solids, settleable	9	0	0
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	9	0	0
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	9	0	0
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	9	0	0
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	9	0	0

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 AL0079821.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES AL0079821.

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 AL0079821.

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 September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES discharge permit AL0079821 for COAL VALLEY MINE in Townley, AL, held by Best Coal, Inc., with the permit status listed as Effective. The page lists 13 pollutants on file, 13 under a numeric limit, 1 with a violation of any kind, and 1 with an effluent exceedance.