Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES UT0026018
LILA CANYON MINE, Emery County, UT: NPDES UT0026018 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LILA CANYON MINE, held by Emery County Coal Resources Inc. Lila Canyon Mine, holds NPDES permit UT0026018, which discharges to Unnamed Ditch Leading To Lila Canyon Wash. EPA’s file records it issued November 3, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2025. 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 | LILA CANYON MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Emery County Coal Resources Inc. Lila Canyon Mine |
| NPDES ID | UT0026018 |
| 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 | November 3, 2020 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | Utah Division of Water Quality |
| Address | Emery County, UT 84520 |
| Receiving water | Unnamed ditch leading to Lila Canyon Wash |
| Subwatershed | Marsh Flat Wash (HUC 140600071101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 2 | 2 | 1 | February 28, 2023 | 180% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 8 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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 UT0026018.
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 September 15, 2026.