Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0003018
CARETTA PREPARATION PLANT AND REFUSE SITES, Coalwood, WV: NPDES WV0003018 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARETTA PREPARATION PLANT AND REFUSE SITES, held by CARETTA MINERALS, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0003018, which discharges to Barrensha Ck. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 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 | CARETTA PREPARATION PLANT AND REFUSE SITES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CARETTA MINERALS, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV0003018 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 2, 2018 |
| Expiration date | July 23, 2023 |
| Address | Coalwood, WV 24924 |
| Receiving water | BARRENSHA CK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Middle Dry Fork (HUC 050702010104) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 27 | 823 | 43 | February 28, 2025 | 542% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 27 | 792 | 12 | February 28, 2025 | 216% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 353 | 8 | February 28, 2025 | 254% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 27 | 783 | 3 | December 31, 2019 | 53% over the limit |
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 27 | 1,387 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 27 | 1,024 | 0 | ||
| pH | 18 | 959 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 27 | 780 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 10 | 290 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 8 | 230 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 203 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 27 | 57 | 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 WV0003018.
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.