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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1014951

SKITTER CREEK NO. 1 MINE, Eskdale, WV: NPDES WV1014951 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SKITTER CREEK NO. 1 MINE, held by REPUBLIC ENERGY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1014951, which discharges to Clear Fk. EPA’s file records it issued February 5, 2021 and expiring January 29, 2026. 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 filedSKITTER CREEK NO. 1 MINE
Permittee as filedREPUBLIC ENERGY, LLC
NPDES IDWV1014951
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
IssuedFebruary 5, 2021
Expiration dateJanuary 29, 2026
AddressEskdale, WV 25075
Receiving waterCLEAR FK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLong Branch-Paint Creek (HUC 050500060103)

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
Selenium, total recoverable301,90658January 31, 2021351% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]221,8413March 31, 2021163% over the limit
Aluminum, total [as Al]271,8412June 30, 201658% over the limit
Selenium, dry weight491June 30, 20248% over the limit
Solids, settleable242,1090
Specific conductance221,8630
Manganese, total [as Mn]271,8390
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]271,8390
Sulfate, total [as SO4]221,8210
Solids, total dissolved221,8210
Solids, total suspended121,7190
pH341,4250
Flow rate161,1520
Stream flow, instantaneous14780
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]3650

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 WV1014951.

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.