Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0111970
SPURLOCK MINING LLC 836-5616, Mcdowell, KY: NPDES KY0111970 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SPURLOCK MINING LLC 836-5616, held by Spurlock Mining LLC 836-5616, holds NPDES permit KY0111970, which discharges to Frassure Crk. EPA’s file records it issued December 1, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SPURLOCK MINING LLC 836-5616 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Spurlock Mining LLC 836-5616 |
| NPDES ID | KY0111970 |
| 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 | December 1, 2016 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Address | Mcdowell, KY 41647 |
| Receiving water | Frassure Crk |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Left Fork Beaver Creek-Beaver Creek (HUC 050702030105) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manganese, total recoverable | 2 | 9 | 7 | November 30, 2023 | 50% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 6 | 4 | October 31, 2023 | 100% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 0 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2023 | 310% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 3 | 1 | November 30, 2023 | 86% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Date of Sample Collection | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Date of Storm Event | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, Chronic | 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 KY0111970.
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 14, 2026.