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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0000396

LONG FORK COAL CO (898-9159), Belfry, KY: NPDES KY0000396 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LONG FORK COAL CO (898-9159), held by LONG FORK COAL CO GUND PREP, holds NPDES permit KY0000396, which discharges to Big Crk / Long Fork. EPA’s file records it issued July 27, 2005 and expiring July 31, 2010.

LONG FORK COAL CO (898-9159), Belfry, Kentucky: Individual permit KY0000396, held by LONG FORK COAL CO GUND PREP; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued July 27, 2005, term to July 31, 2010; discharges to BIG CRK / LONG FORK; Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining.

  • Iron, total recoverable: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2015, largest 77% over the limit.
  • Magnesium, total [as Mg]: 0 limits, 14 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

LONG FORK COAL CO (898-9159) among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 4 discharge permits in the Lower Big Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702010502), KY0000396 among them. Its county holds 163, 1 of them major permits; KY0000396 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Big Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702010502)

Identity

Facility as filedLONG FORK COAL CO (898-9159)
Permittee as filedLONG FORK COAL CO GUND PREP
NPDES IDKY0000396
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
IssuedJuly 27, 2005
Expiration dateJuly 31, 2010
AddressBelfry, KY 41514
Receiving waterBIG CRK / LONG FORK
SubwatershedLower Big Creek (HUC 050702010502)
NAICS212111 – Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining
SIC1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

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
Iron, total recoverable022March 31, 201577% over the limit
Magnesium, total [as Mg]0140

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0000396.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES KY0000396.

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 KY0000396.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit KY0000396, held by LONG FORK COAL CO GUND PREP for the LONG FORK COAL CO facility in Belfry, KY, which discharges to Big Crk / Long Fork within the Lower Big Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702010502). The permit is administratively continued, with an issue date of July 27, 2005 and an expiration date of July 31, 2010, and the record lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.