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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1015273

LICK KNOB NO. 2 MINE AND HAULROAD, Scarbro, WV: NPDES WV1015273 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LICK KNOB NO. 2 MINE AND HAULROAD, held by REPUBLIC ENERGY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1015273, which discharges to Skitter Ck. EPA’s file records it issued May 2, 2017 and expiring May 1, 2022. 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 filedLICK KNOB NO. 2 MINE AND HAULROAD
Permittee as filedREPUBLIC ENERGY, LLC
NPDES IDWV1015273
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
IssuedMay 2, 2017
Expiration dateMay 1, 2022
AddressScarbro, WV 25917
Receiving waterSKITTER CK
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
Specific conductance122,4210
Sulfate, total [as SO4]122,4210
Solids, total dissolved122,4210
pH34200
Iron, total [as Fe]4500
Manganese, total [as Mn]4500
Aluminum, total [as Al]4500
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]4500
Selenium, total recoverable3400
Solids, total suspended3300
Solids, settleable3300
Flow rate2200
Stream flow, instantaneous800

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1015273.

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 WV1015273.

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.