Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0083186

DUTTON HILL MINE NO.2, Jasper, AL: NPDES AL0083186 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
13Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

DUTTON HILL MINE NO.2, held by Best Coal, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0083186. EPA’s file records it issued May 24, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2027. 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	DUTTON HILL MINE NO.2
Permittee as filed	Best Coal, Inc.
NPDES ID	AL0083186
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	May 24, 2022
Expiration date	June 30, 2027
Issuing agency	State
Address	Jasper, AL 35501
Subwatershed	Lower Lost Creek (HUC 031601090405)
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

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	6	5	5	May 31, 2021	786% over the limit
pH	18	0	0
Specific conductance	12	0	0
Sulfate [as S]	12	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	12	0	0
Iron, total [as Fe]	9	0	0
Manganese, total [as Mn]	6	0	0
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]	6	0	0
Solids, settleable	3	0	0
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	3	0	0
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia	3	0	0
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	3	0	0
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	3	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 AL0083186.

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.

This public-records page covers the NPDES discharge permit AL0083186 for DUTTON HILL MINE NO.2 in Jasper, AL, held by Best Coal, Inc., which EPA's file lists as effective with an issue date of May 24, 2022 and an expiration date of June 30, 2027. 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.