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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES AL0082023

PRATT NO. 1 MINE, Graysville, AL: NPDES AL0082023 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PRATT NO. 1 MINE, held by Best Coal, Inc., holds NPDES permit AL0082023. EPA’s file records it issued August 30, 2019 and expiring August 31, 2024. 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 filedPRATT NO. 1 MINE
Permittee as filedBest Coal, Inc.
NPDES IDAL0082023
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 30, 2019
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2024
AddressGraysville, AL 35073
SubwatershedLower Village Creek (HUC 031601110409)

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

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
Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]321September 30, 20242,147,483,650% over the limit
pH3600
Specific conductance2400
Sulfate [as S]2400
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2400
Iron, total [as Fe]1800
Solids, total suspended1200
Manganese, total [as Mn]1200
Solids, settleable600
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]600
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia300
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia300
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]300

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 AL0082023.

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.