Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM082020
DEEP MINE #37, Dwale, VA: NPDES VAM082020 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DEEP MINE #37, held by PARAMONT CONTURA, LLC, holds NPDES permit VAM082020. EPA’s file records it issued July 16, 2018 and expiring July 23, 2023. 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 | DEEP MINE #37 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PARAMONT CONTURA, LLC |
| NPDES ID | VAM082020 |
| 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 | July 16, 2018 |
| Expiration date | July 23, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Dwale, VA |
| Subwatershed | Lick Fork-John W Flannagan Reservoir (HUC 050702020506) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 2 | 1 | February 28, 2026 | 23% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 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 VAM082020.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.