Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0096253
MOUNTAINEER ALMA A DEEP MINE, Wharncliffe, WV: NPDES WV0096253 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 25Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MOUNTAINEER ALMA A DEEP MINE, held by LEXINGTON COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0096253, which discharges to Pigeon Ck. EPA’s file records it issued June 15, 2016 and expiring June 6, 2021. 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 | MOUNTAINEER ALMA A DEEP MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LEXINGTON COAL COMPANY, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV0096253 |
| 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 | June 15, 2016 |
| Expiration date | June 6, 2021 |
| Address | Wharncliffe, WV 25651 |
| Receiving water | PIGEON CK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Island Creek (HUC 050701010402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 25Under a numeric limit
- 25With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 95 | 1,515 | 33 | March 31, 2026 | 371% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 93 | 1,502 | 2 | August 31, 2021 | 77% over the limit |
| pH | 88 | 1,396 | 1 | February 28, 2023 | |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 96 | 1,506 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 93 | 1,457 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 93 | 1,454 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 94 | 1,450 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 96 | 1,422 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 22 | 881 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 49 | 685 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 39 | 588 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 24 | 412 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 12 | 82 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 12 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 12 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 12 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 12 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 12 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 36 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 10 | 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 WV0096253.
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.