Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM082133
SURFACE MINERALS MINE NO. 1, Maxie, VA: NPDES VAM082133 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SURFACE MINERALS MINE NO. 1, held by THE BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY, holds NPDES permit VAM082133. EPA’s file records it issued September 10, 2015 and expiring September 10, 2020. 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.
What the register holds for SURFACE MINERALS MINE NO. 1: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Maxie, Virginia, and 7 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAM082133.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SURFACE MINERALS MINE NO. 1 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | THE BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | VAM082133 |
| 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 | September 10, 2015 |
| Expiration date | September 10, 2020 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Maxie, VA |
| Subwatershed | Home Creek-Levisa Fork (HUC 050702020201) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, settleable | 75 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 75 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 50 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAM082133.
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 VAM082133.
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.