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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0064947

SPRUCE LAUREL LOADOUT, Charleston, WV: NPDES WV0064947 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SPRUCE LAUREL LOADOUT, held by COAL RIVER MINING, L.L.C., holds NPDES permit WV0064947, which discharges to Spruce Laurel Fk. EPA’s file records it issued August 4, 2017 and expiring July 22, 2022. 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 filedSPRUCE LAUREL LOADOUT
Permittee as filedCOAL RIVER MINING, L.L.C.
NPDES IDWV0064947
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
IssuedAugust 4, 2017
Expiration dateJuly 22, 2022
AddressCharleston, WV 25358
Receiving waterSPRUCE LAUREL FK
SubwatershedSpruce Laurel Fork (HUC 050500090301)

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]211,2281July 31, 201982% over the limit
Specific conductance211,2270
Manganese, total [as Mn]211,2270
Aluminum, total [as Al]211,2270
Solids, settleable151,1520
pH181,1460
Solids, total dissolved181,0880
Sulfate, total [as SO4]181,0290
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]189760
Solids, total suspended209530
Flow rate106300
Stream flow, instantaneous31790
Acidity, total [as CaCO3]170
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]160
Arsenic, total recoverable160
Thallium, total recoverable160
Cadmium, total [as Cd]160
Copper, total [as Cu]160
Lead, total [as Pb]160
Nickel, total [as Ni]160
Silver, total [as Ag]160
Zinc, total [as Zn]160
Antimony, total [as Sb]160

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 WV0064947.

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.