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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OKG040028

PHOENIX COAL CO., INC.-KELLY RANCH MINE, Craig County, OK: NPDES OKG040028 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PHOENIX COAL CO., INC.-KELLY RANCH MINE, held by Phoenix Coal Co. -Kelly Ranch, holds NPDES permit OKG040028, which discharges to 121510010130 Lighting Ck/121610000150 Pryor Ck. EPA’s file records it issued November 15, 2013 and expiring October 31, 2018. 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 filedPHOENIX COAL CO., INC.-KELLY RANCH MINE
Permittee as filedPhoenix Coal Co. -Kelly Ranch
NPDES IDOKG040028
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 15, 2013
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2018
Issuing agencyODEQ
AddressCraig County, OK 74016
Receiving water121510010130 Lighting Ck/121610000150 Pryor Ck
SubwatershedLightning Creek (HUC 110701030504)

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
Solids, total suspended11839933May 31, 20072,757% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]12041824July 31, 2015373% over the limit
pH1303993September 30, 2006
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1303970
Solids, settleable6150
Manganese, total [as Mn]020

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 OKG040028.

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.