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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0039471

SAW MILL COMPLEX, Buckhannon, WV: NPDES WV0039471 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SAW MILL COMPLEX, held by HAWTHORNE COAL COMPANY LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0039471, which discharges to Sawmill Rn. EPA’s file records it issued February 12, 2018 and expiring February 7, 2023. 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 filedSAW MILL COMPLEX
Permittee as filedHAWTHORNE COAL COMPANY LLC
NPDES IDWV0039471
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 12, 2018
Expiration dateFebruary 7, 2023
AddressBuckhannon, WV 26201
Receiving waterSAWMILL RN
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedTenmile Creek-Buckhannon River (HUC 050200010304)

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
Specific conductance451,4520
Sulfate, total [as SO4]451,4520
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]451,4520
Solids, total dissolved451,4520
Solids, settleable201,4320
Selenium, total recoverable441,4150
Manganese, total [as Mn]441,4070
Iron, total [as Fe]441,3890
Aluminum, total [as Al]501,2870
pH301,1120
Solids, total suspended291,0190
Flow rate166120
Stream flow, instantaneous143560
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]92250
Calcium, total [as Ca]92250
Magnesium, total [as Mg]92250
Sodium, total [as Na]92250
Potassium, total [as K]92250
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]01800
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia31530
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]0730
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]0720
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C0660
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]0450
Chlorine, total residual0340
Coliform, fecal general0320
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant0160
BOD, [ult. all stages]0120

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV0039471.

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 WV0039471.

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.