Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES UTG040006
BEAR CANYON MINING, Huntington, UT: NPDES UTG040006 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BEAR CANYON MINING, held by Gentry Mountain Mining LLC, holds NPDES permit UTG040006, which discharges to Huntington & Bear Creeks. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024. 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 | BEAR CANYON MINING |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Gentry Mountain Mining LLC |
| NPDES ID | UTG040006 |
| 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 | April 1, 2019 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | Utah DEQ Divison of Water Quality |
| Address | Huntington, UT 84528 |
| Receiving water | HUNTINGTON & BEAR CREEKS |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Miller Fork Canyon-Huntington Creek (HUC 140600090103) |
| NAICS | 212111 – Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining |
| SIC | 1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface |
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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total dissolved | 7 | 173 | 55 | May 31, 2026 | 191% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 15 | 284 | 28 | April 30, 2023 | 360% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 5 | 93 | 8 | March 31, 2026 | 400% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 10 | 173 | 1 | January 31, 2015 | 5,759,900% over the limit |
| pH | 10 | 171 | 1 | February 28, 2010 | |
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 5 | 85 | 0 | ||
| Sanitary waste discharged-assessmnt | 5 | 85 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 5 | 80 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 67 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 5 | 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 UTG040006.
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.