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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0095583

WHITETAIL COMPLEX K-MINE, Newburg, WV: NPDES WV0095583 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WHITETAIL COMPLEX K-MINE, held by LEXINGTON COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0095583, which discharges to Left Fk/Ll Sandy Ck. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2017 and expiring December 18, 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 filedWHITETAIL COMPLEX K-MINE
Permittee as filedLEXINGTON COAL COMPANY, LLC
NPDES IDWV0095583
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
IssuedDecember 20, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 18, 2022
AddressNewburg, WV 26410
Receiving waterLEFT FK/LL SANDY CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedOutlet Three Fork Creek (HUC 050200010602)

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
Specific conductance121500
Sulfate, total [as SO4]121500
Solids, total dissolved121500
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]0660
pH8360
Stream flow, instantaneous4180
Flow rate490
Solids, settleable490
Iron, total [as Fe]1100
Aluminum, total [as Al]1100
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]1100
Manganese, total [as Mn]900
Solids, total suspended500

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV0095583.

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 WV0095583.

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.