Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1014781
LOW GAP REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY, Whitesville, WV: NPDES WV1014781 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LOW GAP REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY, held by MARFORK COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1014781, which discharges to Coal Rv. EPA’s file records it issued October 31, 2017 and expiring September 2, 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 | LOW GAP REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MARFORK COAL COMPANY, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1014781 |
| 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 | October 31, 2017 |
| Expiration date | September 2, 2022 |
| Address | Whitesville, WV 25209 |
| Receiving water | COAL RV |
| 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
- 18Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 160 | 2 | September 30, 2019 | 300% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 47 | 2 | September 30, 2019 | 2,339% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 15 | 1 | September 30, 2019 | 40% over the limit |
| pH | 15 | 502 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 16 | 480 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 17 | 472 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 16 | 461 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 16 | 392 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 16 | 392 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 16 | 392 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 8 | 254 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 18 | 234 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 122 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 81 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 4 | 68 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 14 | 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 WV1014781.
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.