Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0120405
STERLING MINING CORP-SOUTH MINE COMPLEX/DISP SITE, Salineville, OH: NPDES OH0120405 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STERLING MINING CORP-SOUTH MINE COMPLEX/DISP SITE, held by Sterling Mining Corp, holds NPDES permit OH0120405, which discharges to Brush Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 16, 2018 and expiring October 31, 2020. 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 | STERLING MINING CORP-SOUTH MINE COMPLEX/DISP SITE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Sterling Mining Corp |
| NPDES ID | OH0120405 |
| 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 | March 16, 2018 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2020 |
| Address | Salineville, OH 43945 |
| Receiving water | Brush Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hollow Rock Run-Yellow Creek (HUC 050301010804) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 6 | 19 | 13 | July 31, 2024 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 17 | 11 | June 30, 2019 | 1,026% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 6 | 17 | 11 | October 31, 2019 | 126% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 6 | 8 | 2 | October 31, 2019 | 63% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total low level | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 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 OH0120405.
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.