Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0060216
KEYSTONE NO.1 DEEP MINE, PREP PLANT AND CLARK BRANCH IMPUNDMENT, Beckley, WV: NPDES WV0060216 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KEYSTONE NO.1 DEEP MINE, PREP PLANT AND CLARK BRANCH IMPUNDMENT, held by SECOND STERLING CORP., holds NPDES permit WV0060216, which discharges to Tug Fk. EPA’s file records it issued January 12, 2015 and expiring January 8, 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 filed | KEYSTONE NO.1 DEEP MINE, PREP PLANT AND CLARK BRANCH IMPUNDMENT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SECOND STERLING CORP. |
| NPDES ID | WV0060216 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 12, 2015 |
| Expiration date | January 8, 2020 |
| Address | Beckley, WV 25802 |
| Receiving water | TUG FK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Elkhorn Creek (HUC 050702010203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 12 | 208 | 12 | May 31, 2025 | 412% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 12 | 200 | 11 | May 31, 2025 | 727% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 113 | 8 | May 31, 2025 | 471% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 12 | 217 | 1 | December 31, 2017 | 3% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 3 | 282 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 11 | 264 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 11 | 234 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 11 | 234 | 0 | ||
| pH | 10 | 212 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 12 | 192 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 12 | 187 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 120 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 4 | 101 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 4 | 76 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 4 | 66 | 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 WV0060216.
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.