Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0112950
MEADOW BRANCH SURFACE MINE, Eolia, KY: NPDES KY0112950 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 22Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MEADOW BRANCH SURFACE MINE, held by Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc 867-0552, holds NPDES permit KY0112950. EPA’s file records it issued September 30, 2020 and expiring September 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 | MEADOW BRANCH SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Nally & Hamilton Enterprises Inc 867-0552 |
| NPDES ID | KY0112950 |
| 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 | September 30, 2020 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2025 |
| Address | Eolia, KY 40826 |
| Subwatershed | Upper Poor Fork Cumberland river (HUC 051301010101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 22Under a numeric limit
- 17With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manganese, total recoverable | 58 | 56 | 12 | October 31, 2024 | 107% over the limit |
| Biotic Index | 5 | 12 | 12 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 68 | 49 | 5 | November 30, 2024 | 93% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 74 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 72 | 44 | 0 | ||
| pH | 72 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 72 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 68 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Date of Sample Collection | 62 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Date of Storm Event | 62 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 62 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 54 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, Chronic | 8 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 28 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Report due [yrmoda] | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 10 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| December 19, 2023 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| August 1, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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.