Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0023965
COAL OPERATORS 1 LLC (898-8164), Millard, KY: NPDES KY0023965 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COAL OPERATORS 1 LLC (898-8164), held by CLINTWOOD ELKHORN MINING CO, holds NPDES permit KY0023965, which discharges to Levisa Fork / Big Sandy. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2005 and expiring August 31, 2010. 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 OPERATORS 1 LLC (898-8164) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CLINTWOOD ELKHORN MINING CO |
| NPDES ID | KY0023965 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 29, 2005 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2010 |
| Address | Millard, KY 41562 |
| Receiving water | LEVISA FORK / BIG SANDY |
| Subwatershed | Greasy Creek-Levisa Fork (HUC 050702020705) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 40Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 40With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 154 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 154 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 108 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 108 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 108 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 102 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 70 | 0 | ||
| Acidity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 46 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Biotic Index | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, Acute | 0 | 3 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES KY0023965.
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 KY0023965.
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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