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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IL0073351

PEABODY ARCLAR MINING LLC (WILDCAT HILLS MINE), Equality, IL: NPDES IL0073351 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PEABODY ARCLAR MINING LLC (WILDCAT HILLS MINE), held by PEABODY ARCLAR MINING LLC, holds NPDES permit IL0073351, which discharges to Cockerel-Nf Saline River-Ohio. EPA’s file records it issued November 29, 2011 and expiring October 31, 2016. 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 filedPEABODY ARCLAR MINING LLC (WILDCAT HILLS MINE)
Permittee as filedPEABODY ARCLAR MINING LLC
NPDES IDIL0073351
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
IssuedNovember 29, 2011
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2016
AddressEquality, IL 62934
Receiving waterCOCKEREL-NF SALINE RIVER-OHIO
SubwatershedCockerel Branch (HUC 051402040206)
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
Solids, total suspended2624039October 31, 2018129% over the limit
Sulfate, total [as SO4]2121511October 31, 201352% over the limit
pH412131August 31, 2009
Manganese, total [as Mn]9171June 30, 20204% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]19551December 31, 20101,440% over the limit
Solids, settleable5151December 31, 201339,900% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]811March 31, 201047% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant39460
Arsenic, total [as As]050
Barium, total [as Ba]050
Cadmium, total [as Cd]050
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]050
Chromium, total [as Cr]050
Copper, total [as Cu]050
Lead, total [as Pb]050
Nickel, total [as Ni]050
Silver, total [as Ag]050
Zinc, total [as Zn]050
Selenium, total [as Se]050
Phenolics, total recoverable050
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]19540
Iron, total [as Fe]25410
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]12710
Acidity, total [as CaCO3]12710
Mercury, total [as Hg]9110

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 IL0073351.

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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