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RAYLE COAL CO & TRIDEL REALTY CO

Judicial · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 11042

$145K
Penalty
Cost recovery
$128K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
03-1986-0884
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-2826
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (4)

Summary

THE SITE OF THE FORMER VALLEY CAMP COAL COMPANY NO. 3 MINE IN TRIADELPHIA, WV CONTAINS A LARGE COAL REFUSE PILE. DRAINAGE FROM THE PILE HAS LOW PH & CONTAINS IRON & MANGA- NESE & SUSPENDED SOLIDS. IT IS CHANNELED TO AN EXPERIMENTAL WETLANDS TREATMENT SYSTEM & THENCE TO SEDIMENTATION IMPOUND- MENTS IN STORCH'S RUN, A STREAM WHICH FEEDS INTO MIDDLE WHEELING CREEK. THE SITE WAS CONVEYED BY VALLEY CAMP TO DE- FENDANT RAYLE COAL COMPANY IN 1982, & BY RAYLE TO DEFENDANT TRIDELL REALTY COMPANY IN 1983. IN VIOLATION OF SEC 301(A) OF THE CWA THE DEFS HAVE RE- FUSED TO CEASE THEIR DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS TO STORCH'S RUN, A WATER OF THE U.S., W/OUT A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DIS- CHARGE CONTAINS POLLUTANTS IN EXCESS OF THE LEVELS WHICH WOULD BE PERMITTED PURSUANT TO THE APPLICABLE TECHNOLOGY BASED EFFLUENT GUIDELINES & WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. IN FACT THE TREATMENT SYSTEM BEING USED APPEARS TO BE PROVIDING LIT- TLE ACTUAL REDUCTION IN THE LEVELS OF THE POLLUTANTS IN THE DRAINAGE. THE DEFS FURTHER VIOLATED SEC 301 DURING THE CON- STRUCTION OF THE 3 SEDIMENTATION IMPOUNDMENTS BY DISCHARGING DREDGED MATERIAL INTO STORCH'S RUN W/OUT 1ST OBTAINING A DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL DISCHARGE PERMIT. THE EXPERIMENTAL WETLAND & SEDIMENTATION IMPOUNDMENT TREATMENT SYSTEM EMPLOYED BY THE DEFS IN SUSCEPTIBLE TO BREACHING DURING STORM EVENTS. THE RELEASE OF IRON SLUDGE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SYSTEM H

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