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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1011073

LYNN BRANCH MINE NO. 1, Holden, WV: NPDES WV1011073 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LYNN BRANCH MINE NO. 1, held by LYNN BRANCH COAL COMPANY, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1011073, which discharges to Island Ck. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2020 and expiring April 30, 2025. 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 filedLYNN BRANCH MINE NO. 1
Permittee as filedLYNN BRANCH COAL COMPANY, INC.
NPDES IDWV1011073
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 1, 2020
Expiration dateApril 30, 2025
AddressHolden, WV 25625
Receiving waterISLAND CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedIsland Creek (HUC 050701010402)

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
Manganese, total [as Mn]151080
Aluminum, total [as Al]151080
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]151080
Iron, total [as Fe]141070
Specific conductance131060
Sulfate, total [as SO4]131060
Solids, total dissolved131060
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]91020
Solids, total suspended91020
Calcium, total [as Ca]91020
Magnesium, total [as Mg]91020
Sodium, total [as Na]91020
Potassium, total [as K]91020
Solids, settleable3780
pH10720
Flow rate2520
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia3300
Stream flow, instantaneous8200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1011073.

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 WV1011073.

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.