Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MDG859621
FEDERAL HILL MINE, Mount Savage, MD: NPDES MDG859621 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FEDERAL HILL MINE, held by Beechwood Coal, LLC, holds NPDES permit MDG859621, which discharges to Wills Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 24, 2006 and expiring June 30, 2010. 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 | FEDERAL HILL MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Beechwood Coal, LLC |
| NPDES ID | MDG859621 |
| 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 | August 24, 2006 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2010 |
| Issuing agency | MD DEPT OF THE ENIVRONMENT |
| Address | Mount Savage, MD 21545 |
| Receiving water | WILLS CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Jennings Run (HUC 020700020505) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbidity | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bromide [as Br] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MDG859621.
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 MDG859621.
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.