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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WI0025321

JOY GLOBAL SURFACE MINING INC, Milwaukee County, WI: NPDES WI0025321 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JOY GLOBAL SURFACE MINING INC, held by Joy Global Surface Mining Inc, holds NPDES permit WI0025321, which discharges to Menomonee R. EPA’s file records it issued December 23, 2003 and expiring December 31, 2008. 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 filedJOY GLOBAL SURFACE MINING INC
Permittee as filedJoy Global Surface Mining Inc
NPDES IDWI0025321
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 23, 2003
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2008
AddressMilwaukee County, WI 53214
Receiving waterMENOMONEE R
SubwatershedMenomonee River (HUC 040400030405)
SIC3536 – Hoists, Cranes, And Monorails
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler WID096348321

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Oxidants, total residual08054June 30, 20221,671% over the limit
Solids, total suspended0442November 30, 2019423% over the limit
Oil and grease, hexane extr method0342October 31, 202172% over the limit
Mercury, total recoverable0171February 28, 2021153% over the limit
pH0320
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant0320
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit0160
Phosphorus, total [as P]0160

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
February 1, 2021Monitoring Violations - Analysis not ConductedST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit WI0025321, held by Joy Global Surface Mining Inc in Milwaukee County, WI, which discharges to the Menomonee River within subwatershed HUC 040400030405. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a minor discharger class of 0, 4 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. EPA's file records issuance on December 23, 2003 and expiration on December 31, 2008.