# RAYLE COAL CO & TRIDEL REALTY CO
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `11042`
- **Case Number:** 03-1986-0884
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $145K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $128K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GEORGE NICOLOZAKES
- MARIETTA COAL COMPANY
- RAYLE COAL COMP. (complaint) (settlement)
- TRIDELL REALTY COMP. (complaint) (settlement)
## 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

---
*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*