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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0050857

ERBACON PROP PLANT / JACKSON BRIDGE MINES, Sutton, WV: NPDES WV0050857 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ERBACON PROP PLANT / JACKSON BRIDGE MINES, held by BROOKS RUN MINING COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0050857, which discharges to Missouri Ck/Laurel Ck. EPA’s file records it issued January 14, 2015 and expiring January 12, 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.

Identity

Facility as filedERBACON PROP PLANT / JACKSON BRIDGE MINES
Permittee as filedBROOKS RUN MINING COMPANY, LLC
NPDES IDWV0050857
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
IssuedJanuary 14, 2015
Expiration dateJanuary 12, 2020
AddressSutton, WV 26601
Receiving waterMISSOURI CK/LAUREL CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedOutlet Laurel Creek (HUC 050500070202)

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]812,70731February 28, 2023591% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]812,80423February 28, 2023675% over the limit
Solids, total suspended491,61713February 28, 2023254% over the limit
Selenium, total recoverable992,7887August 31, 2022172% over the limit
pH752,6624August 31, 2022
Manganese, total [as Mn]812,7832September 30, 202171% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia92632February 28, 2023876% over the limit
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]812,7810
Specific conductance762,5770
Sulfate, total [as SO4]762,5770
Solids, total dissolved762,5770
Solids, settleable291,7440
Stream flow, instantaneous329340
Flow rate229180
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]246190
Calcium, total [as Ca]245640
Magnesium, total [as Mg]245640
Sodium, total [as Na]245640
Potassium, total [as K]245640
Mercury, total recoverable95010
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C263650
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]243400
Coliform, fecal general81160
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]7930
Chlorine, total residual3550
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant3390

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 WV0050857.

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.