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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0001104

SURFACE MINE NO. 1/NO. 7 MINE, Leivasy, WV: NPDES WV0001104 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SURFACE MINE NO. 1/NO. 7 MINE, held by QUINWOOD COAL COMPANY LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0001104, which discharges to Hominy Ck. EPA’s file records it issued August 29, 2017 and expiring February 23, 2022. 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 filedSURFACE MINE NO. 1/NO. 7 MINE
Permittee as filedQUINWOOD COAL COMPANY LLC
NPDES IDWV0001104
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 29, 2017
Expiration dateFebruary 23, 2022
AddressLeivasy, WV 26676
Receiving waterHOMINY CK
SubwatershedHeadwaters Hominy Creek (HUC 050500050501)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Aluminum, total [as Al]671,6274March 31, 2019409% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]691,8523March 31, 201717% over the limit
pH501,6790
Manganese, total [as Mn]691,6740
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]691,6530
Solids, total dissolved641,6180
Specific conductance621,5920
Sulfate, total [as SO4]611,5790
Turbidity301,3050
Solids, total suspended621,2450
Flow rate361,0400
Solids, settleable295930
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]125630
Stream flow, instantaneous124760
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C4680
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4680
Chlorine, total residual3510
Coliform, fecal general2340
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1170
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1170

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV0001104.

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.