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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0068764

HOBET #7 SURFACE MINE, Holden, WV: NPDES WV0068764 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HOBET #7 SURFACE MINE, held by COAL-MAC LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0068764, which discharges to Trace Fk/Pigeon Ck. EPA’s file records it issued September 7, 2018 and expiring September 4, 2023. 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 filedHOBET #7 SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedCOAL-MAC LLC
NPDES IDWV0068764
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
IssuedSeptember 7, 2018
Expiration dateSeptember 4, 2023
AddressHolden, WV 25625
Receiving waterTRACE FK/PIGEON CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedIsland Creek (HUC 050701010402)

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
Selenium, total recoverable593,0112January 31, 20219% over the limit
Aluminum, total [as Al]512,9760
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]512,9760
pH522,9660
Iron, total [as Fe]482,9580
Manganese, total [as Mn]512,9280
Specific conductance462,6750
Sulfate, total [as SO4]462,6750
Solids, total dissolved462,6750
Solids, total suspended362,0730
Flow rate271,3910
Solids, settleable147080
Stream flow, instantaneous126330

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 WV0068764.

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.