Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1012584
ELLIS CREEK REFUSE DISP. AREA, Whitesville, WV: NPDES WV1012584 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELLIS CREEK REFUSE DISP. AREA, held by PERFORMANCE COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1012584, which discharges to Ellis Ck. EPA’s file records it issued July 14, 2017 and expiring February 3, 2022. 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 | ELLIS CREEK REFUSE DISP. AREA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PERFORMANCE COAL COMPANY, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1012584 |
| 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 | July 14, 2017 |
| Expiration date | February 3, 2022 |
| Address | Whitesville, WV 25211 |
| Receiving water | ELLIS CK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Lower Marsh Fork (HUC 050500090204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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] | 29 | 290 | 3 | December 31, 2024 | 12% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 30 | 284 | 2 | May 31, 2017 | 160% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 32 | 2 | June 30, 2017 | 144% over the limit |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 9 | 300 | 0 | ||
| pH | 20 | 289 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 30 | 288 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 30 | 288 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 28 | 198 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 28 | 196 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 28 | 196 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 13 | 190 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 10 | 174 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 24 | 102 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 12 | 99 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 12 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 12 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 12 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 12 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 10 | 18 | 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 WV1012584.
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.