Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES UT0025992
COAL HOLLOW PROJECT, Alton, UT: NPDES UT0025992 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COAL HOLLOW PROJECT, held by Alton Coal Development, LLC - Coal Hollow Project, holds NPDES permit UT0025992, which discharges to Lower Robinson Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 27, 2021 and expiring July 31, 2026. 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 | COAL HOLLOW PROJECT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Alton Coal Development, LLC - Coal Hollow Project |
| NPDES ID | UT0025992 |
| 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 | July 27, 2021 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | Utah Division of Water Quality |
| Address | Alton, UT 84710 |
| Receiving water | Lower Robinson Creek |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Reservoir Canyon-Kanab Creek (HUC 150100030101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 | 6 | 83 | 35 | April 30, 2023 | 1,611% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 25 | 62 | 28 | April 30, 2025 | 794% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 6 | 34 | 17 | April 30, 2023 | 1,660% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 18 | 2 | April 30, 2023 | 500% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 6 | 34 | 1 | August 31, 2022 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 12 | 33 | 1 | September 30, 2014 | |
| Oil and grease visual | 0 | 15 | 1 | October 31, 2015 | 2,147,483,650% over the limit |
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 12 | 11 | 1 | February 28, 2017 | 35% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Floating solids, waste or visible foam-visual | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Sanitary waste discharged-assessmnt | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total [as B] | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow | 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| June 8, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
| June 8, 2018 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMP | ST6 |
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.