Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1015176
FOURMILE FK SURFACE MINE, Julian, WV: NPDES WV1015176 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 30Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOURMILE FK SURFACE MINE, held by LEXINGTON COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1015176, which discharges to Fourmile Fk/Smithers Ck. EPA’s file records it issued June 28, 2016 and expiring February 25, 2021. 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 filed | FOURMILE FK SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LEXINGTON COAL COMPANY, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1015176 |
| 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 28, 2016 |
| Expiration date | February 25, 2021 |
| Address | Julian, WV 25529 |
| Receiving water | FOURMILE FK/SMITHERS CK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Smithers Creek (HUC 050500060303) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 30Pollutants on file
- 30Under a numeric limit
- 30With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selenium, total recoverable | 98 | 967 | 11 | September 30, 2025 | 160% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 29 | 2 | June 30, 2024 | 100% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 84 | 1,155 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 84 | 1,155 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 78 | 1,088 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 78 | 1,088 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 78 | 1,088 | 0 | ||
| pH | 73 | 1,066 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 99 | 1,029 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 57 | 837 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 27 | 706 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 34 | 562 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 48 | 492 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 26 | 260 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 9 | 93 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 9 | 93 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 9 | 93 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 9 | 93 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 9 | 93 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 3 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 3 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 3 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 3 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 3 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 15 | 39 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 3 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 27 | 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 WV1015176.
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.