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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1008170

NORTH SURFACE MINE #2, Holden, WV: NPDES WV1008170 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORTH SURFACE MINE #2, held by HIGHLAND MINING COMPANY, holds NPDES permit WV1008170, which discharges to Guyandotte Rv. EPA’s file records it issued May 10, 2013 and expiring March 29, 2018. 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 filedNORTH SURFACE MINE #2
Permittee as filedHIGHLAND MINING COMPANY
NPDES IDWV1008170
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
IssuedMay 10, 2013
Expiration dateMarch 29, 2018
AddressHolden, WV 25625
Receiving waterGUYANDOTTE RV
SubwatershedCopperas Mine Fork (HUC 050701010401)

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 conductance421,5060
Sulfate, total [as SO4]421,5060
Solids, total dissolved421,5060
Iron, total [as Fe]411,4630
Manganese, total [as Mn]411,4630
Aluminum, total [as Al]411,4630
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]391,4000
pH361,2510
Solids, total suspended299560
Solids, settleable288700
Flow rate226940
Stream flow, instantaneous84060
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]151950

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1008170.

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 WV1008170.

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.