Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1019953
FALCON NO. 2 CONTOUR SURFACE MINE, Harlan, KY: NPDES WV1019953 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FALCON NO. 2 CONTOUR SURFACE MINE, held by FRASURE CREEK MINING, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1019953, which discharges to Roach Br. EPA’s file records it issued February 24, 2017 and expiring February 22, 2022. 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 | FALCON NO. 2 CONTOUR SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FRASURE CREEK MINING, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1019953 |
| 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 | February 24, 2017 |
| Expiration date | February 22, 2022 |
| Address | Harlan, KY 40831 |
| Receiving water | ROACH BR |
| Subwatershed | West Fork (HUC 050500090402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selenium, total recoverable | 30 | 3,000 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 30 | 3,000 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 30 | 3,000 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 30 | 3,000 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 30 | 2,984 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 32 | 2,468 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 22 | 2,154 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 22 | 2,154 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 22 | 2,154 | 0 | ||
| pH | 20 | 2,000 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 16 | 1,628 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 8 | 814 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 4 | 372 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1019953.
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 WV1019953.
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.