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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1014803

LAUREL EAGLE MINE/LAUREL POWELLTON MINE, Dorothy, WV: NPDES WV1014803 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LAUREL EAGLE MINE/LAUREL POWELLTON MINE, held by ELK RUN COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1014803, which discharges to Coal Rv. EPA’s file records it issued December 9, 2020 and expiring December 2, 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 filedLAUREL EAGLE MINE/LAUREL POWELLTON MINE
Permittee as filedELK RUN COAL COMPANY, LLC
NPDES IDWV1014803
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
IssuedDecember 9, 2020
Expiration dateDecember 2, 2025
AddressDorothy, WV 25060
Receiving waterCOAL RV
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedOutlet Clear Fork (HUC 050500090102)

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
Solids, total suspended25834April 30, 2025714% over the limit
Aluminum, total [as Al]48843April 30, 2025287% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]47811April 30, 2025225% over the limit
Solids, settleable215160
pH40850
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]48810
Manganese, total [as Mn]47810
Specific conductance43740
Sulfate, total [as SO4]42720
Solids, total dissolved41710
Selenium, total recoverable36630
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]18600
Calcium, total [as Ca]15570
Magnesium, total [as Mg]15570
Sodium, total [as Na]15570
Potassium, total [as K]15570
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia3390
Flow rate8300
Stream flow, instantaneous22200
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C4160
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4160
Chlorine, total residual280
Coliform, fecal general280
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]140
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant140

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 WV1014803.

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.