Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WA0030830
PACIFIC COAST COAL CO, Black Diamond, WA: NPDES WA0030830 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PACIFIC COAST COAL CO, held by PACIFIC COAST COAL COMPANY, holds NPDES permit WA0030830. EPA’s file records it issued January 11, 2008 and expiring January 11, 2013. 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 | PACIFIC COAST COAL CO |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PACIFIC COAST COAL COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | WA0030830 |
| 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 | January 11, 2008 |
| Expiration date | January 11, 2013 |
| Issuing agency | State |
| Address | Black Diamond, WA 98010 |
| Subwatershed | Ravensdale Creek (HUC 171100130301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 0 | 104 | 104 | December 31, 2012 | |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 0 | 6 | 4 | November 30, 2018 | 79% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 2026 | 15% over the limit |
| Depth to water level ft below landsurface | 0 | 132 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| pH, maximum | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| pH, minimum | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| pH | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 0 | 1 | 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 WA0030830.
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 15, 2026.