Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1014129
PLEASANT HILL DEEP MINE, Mill Creek, WV: NPDES WV1014129 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PLEASANT HILL DEEP MINE, held by CARTER ROAG COAL COMPANY, holds NPDES permit WV1014129, which discharges to Hierlick Rn. EPA’s file records it issued June 29, 2018 and expiring June 28, 2023. 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 | PLEASANT HILL DEEP MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CARTER ROAG COAL COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | WV1014129 |
| 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 | June 29, 2018 |
| Expiration date | June 28, 2023 |
| Address | Mill Creek, WV 26280 |
| Receiving water | HIERLICK RN |
| Subwatershed | Middle Middle Fork River (HUC 050200010203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 48 | 653 | 16 | January 31, 2022 | 100% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 39 | 610 | 4 | May 31, 2023 | 60% over the limit |
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 39 | 606 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 38 | 606 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 13 | 575 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 39 | 560 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 39 | 560 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 39 | 560 | 0 | ||
| pH | 28 | 452 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 20 | 345 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 22 | 335 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 16 | 210 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 10 | 194 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 9 | 99 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 9 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 6 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 9 | 93 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 9 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 9 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 9 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 9 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 6 | 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 WV1014129.
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.