Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDG851714
SILT PIT MINE, Lonaconing, MD: NPDES MDG851714 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SILT PIT MINE, held by Beechwood COAL LLC., holds NPDES permit MDG851714. EPA’s file records it issued March 3, 2008 and expiring March 2, 2013. 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 | SILT PIT MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Beechwood COAL LLC. |
| NPDES ID | MDG851714 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 3, 2008 |
| Expiration date | March 2, 2013 |
| Issuing agency | MAryland Department of The Environment |
| Address | Lonaconing, MD 21539 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Georges Creek (HUC 020700020301) |
| SIC | 5052 – Coal And Other Minerals And Ores |
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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 28With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbidity | 4 | 60 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 4 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 4 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Temp. difference, summer [deg. F] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Bromide [as Br] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total [as Be] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDG851714.
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 MDG851714.
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.