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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1015451

SPRING BRANCH DEEP MINE NO. 1, Naugatuck, WV: NPDES WV1015451 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SPRING BRANCH DEEP MINE NO. 1, held by SOUTHEASTERN LAND, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1015451, which discharges to Trace Fk/Pigeon Ck. EPA’s file records it issued April 8, 2020 and expiring March 31, 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 filedSPRING BRANCH DEEP MINE NO. 1
Permittee as filedSOUTHEASTERN LAND, LLC
NPDES IDWV1015451
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
IssuedApril 8, 2020
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2025
AddressNaugatuck, WV 25685
Receiving waterTRACE FK/PIGEON CK
SubwatershedOutlet Pigeon Creek (HUC 050702010403)

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 suspended93614December 31, 201990% over the limit
pH104582March 31, 2019
Manganese, total [as Mn]158790
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]155880
Specific conductance135740
Sulfate, total [as SO4]135740
Iron, total [as Fe]135740
Solids, total dissolved135740
Aluminum, total [as Al]155700
Flow rate62360
Solids, settleable32030
Stream flow, instantaneous41560
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]0120

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 WV1015451.

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.