Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV0096971
LOST FLATS SURFACE MINES, Cowen, WV: NPDES WV0096971 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LOST FLATS SURFACE MINES, held by SOUTH FORK COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV0096971, which discharges to Cherry Rv. EPA’s file records it issued August 1, 2014 and expiring August 1, 2019. 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 | LOST FLATS SURFACE MINES |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SOUTH FORK COAL COMPANY, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV0096971 |
| 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 | August 1, 2014 |
| Expiration date | August 1, 2019 |
| Address | Cowen, WV 26203 |
| Receiving water | CHERRY RV |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Fork Cherry River (HUC 050500050402) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 106 | 670 | 38 | December 31, 2024 | 189% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 106 | 639 | 7 | July 31, 2024 | 79% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 106 | 638 | 6 | May 31, 2025 | 70% over the limit |
| pH | 86 | 679 | 1 | June 30, 2021 | |
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 97 | 681 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 88 | 673 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 86 | 673 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 83 | 670 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 55 | 611 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 62 | 471 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 60 | 460 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 74 | 356 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 30 | 164 | 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 WV0096971.
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.