Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1011961
BLACK WOLF NO. 7 DEEP MINE, Elbert, WV: NPDES WV1011961 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLACK WOLF NO. 7 DEEP MINE, held by MID-VOL COAL SALES, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1011961, which discharges to Tug Fk. EPA’s file records it issued March 3, 2020 and expiring February 26, 2025. 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 | BLACK WOLF NO. 7 DEEP MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MID-VOL COAL SALES, INC. |
| NPDES ID | WV1011961 |
| 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 | March 3, 2020 |
| Expiration date | February 26, 2025 |
| Address | Elbert, WV 24830 |
| Receiving water | TUG FK |
| Subwatershed | Big Creek (HUC 050702010101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, settleable | 21 | 435 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 42 | 420 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 40 | 416 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 39 | 415 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 39 | 415 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 39 | 415 | 0 | ||
| pH | 31 | 361 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 21 | 288 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 12 | 190 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 27 | 108 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 27 | 108 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 93 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 16 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 21 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 21 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 21 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 21 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 21 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 9 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 6 | 15 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1011961.
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 WV1011961.
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.