Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0065218
FALLS RUN COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL SITE, Masontown, WV: NPDES WV0065218 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FALLS RUN COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL SITE, held by PRESTON COUNTY COAL AND COKE CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit WV0065218, which discharges to Falls Rn. EPA’s file records it issued March 19, 2020 and expiring March 17, 2025. 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 filed | FALLS RUN COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL SITE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PRESTON COUNTY COAL AND COKE CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | WV0065218 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 19, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 17, 2025 |
| Address | Masontown, WV 26542 |
| Receiving water | FALLS RN |
| Subwatershed | Outlet Deckers Creek (HUC 050200030202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, settleable | 6 | 31 | 1 | January 31, 2021 | 300% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 12 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 12 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 12 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 12 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 12 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 11 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 11 | 60 | 0 | ||
| pH | 9 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 4 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 4 | 21 | 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 WV0065218.
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.