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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0042846

GOALS PREP PLANT AND SHUMATE CREEK SLURRY IMPOUNDMENT, Naoma, WV: NPDES WV0042846 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GOALS PREP PLANT AND SHUMATE CREEK SLURRY IMPOUNDMENT, held by GOALS COAL COMPANY, holds NPDES permit WV0042846, which discharges to Marsh Fk. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2017 and expiring December 18, 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 filedGOALS PREP PLANT AND SHUMATE CREEK SLURRY IMPOUNDMENT
Permittee as filedGOALS COAL COMPANY
NPDES IDWV0042846
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
IssuedDecember 20, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 18, 2022
AddressNaoma, WV 25140
Receiving waterMARSH FK
SubwatershedLower Marsh Fork (HUC 050500090204)

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
Iron, total [as Fe]391,33812January 31, 2026106% over the limit
Solids, total suspended331,1294March 31, 2025163% over the limit
Manganese, total [as Mn]391,3293September 30, 202521% over the limit
Solids, settleable331,5120
Solids, total dissolved391,3290
Specific conductance391,3260
Sulfate, total [as SO4]391,3260
Aluminum, total [as Al]391,3260
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]391,3260
pH269520
Flow rate227480
Stream flow, instantaneous41360

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 WV0042846.

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.