Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0092398
LEAD MINE QUARRY, Thomas, WV: NPDES WV0092398 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LEAD MINE QUARRY, held by FAIRFAX MATERIALS, INC., holds NPDES permit WV0092398, which discharges to Long Rn/No Fk/Blackwater Rv. EPA’s file records it issued May 17, 2018 and expiring May 14, 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 filed | LEAD MINE QUARRY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FAIRFAX MATERIALS, INC. |
| NPDES ID | WV0092398 |
| 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 | May 17, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 14, 2023 |
| Address | Thomas, WV 26292 |
| Receiving water | LONG RN/NO FK/BLACKWATER RV |
| Subwatershed | Lower Blackwater River (HUC 050200040203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 131 | 3 | August 31, 2017 | 343% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 12 | 328 | 2 | August 31, 2017 | 78% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 264 | 2 | January 31, 2026 | |
| Solids, settleable | 6 | 76 | 2 | April 30, 2016 | 100% over the limit |
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 12 | 390 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 12 | 326 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 12 | 326 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 4 | 132 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 4 | 129 | 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 WV0092398.
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.