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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0069167

WHITE OAK SURFACE MINE, Duff, TN: NPDES TN0069167 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WHITE OAK SURFACE MINE, held by DRC Coal, LLC, holds NPDES permit TN0069167. EPA’s file records it issued November 18, 2015 and expiring November 6, 2019. 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.

What the register holds for WHITE OAK SURFACE MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Duff, Tennessee. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES TN0069167.

Identity

Facility as filedWHITE OAK SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedDRC Coal, LLC
NPDES IDTN0069167
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 18, 2015
Expiration dateNovember 6, 2019
AddressDuff, TN 37729
SubwatershedTackett Creek (HUC 051301010602)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES TN0069167.

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 TN0069167.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TN0069167.

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 TN0069167.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

WHITE OAK SURFACE MINE is one of 7 NPDES permits in the Tackett Creek subwatershed. Of the 19 individual permits in Campbell County, 52.6% have an earlier issue date than this permit. The permit has no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances.