Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES UT0022918
CANYON FUEL CO., LLC. SUFCO MINE, Sevier County, UT: NPDES UT0022918 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CANYON FUEL CO., LLC. SUFCO MINE, held by Canyon Fuel LLC SUFCO Mine, holds NPDES permit UT0022918, which discharges to Quitchupah Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 22, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2023. 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 | CANYON FUEL CO., LLC. SUFCO MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Canyon Fuel LLC SUFCO Mine |
| NPDES ID | UT0022918 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | January 22, 2018 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | Utah Water Quality |
| Address | Sevier County, UT 84654 |
| Receiving water | Quitchupah Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Convulsion Canyon-Quitchupah Creek (HUC 140700020103) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 12 | 9 | July 31, 2025 | 80% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 6 | 5 | April 30, 2026 | 214% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 4 | 1 | September 30, 2015 | |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 3 | 2 | 1 | June 30, 2012 | 120% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sanitary waste discharged-assessmnt | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 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 UT0022918.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.