Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0071358
FLEETWOOD MINE, Cottondale, AL: NPDES AL0071358 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 21Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FLEETWOOD MINE, held by Black Warrior Minerals, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0071358. EPA’s file records it issued February 27, 2014 and expiring February 28, 2019. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | FLEETWOOD MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Black Warrior Minerals, Inc. |
| NPDES ID | AL0071358 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 27, 2014 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2019 |
| Address | Cottondale, AL 35453 |
| Subwatershed | Bee Branch-Lower Hurricane Creek (HUC 031601120504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 21Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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] | 144 | 1,598 | 5 | November 30, 2016 | 70% over the limit |
| Nickel, total recoverable | 144 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2016 | 109% over the limit |
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2019 | 144% over the limit |
| pH | 192 | 1,593 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 192 | 1,062 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 48 | 1,062 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 48 | 1,062 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 48 | 531 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 72 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity, background | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity, increase over background | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 144 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate [as S] | 144 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 144 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 136 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 96 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 72 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, trivalent dissolved | 72 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 72 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 64 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 64 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 12 | 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 AL0071358.
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 14, 2026.