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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1016679

NORTH RIDGE SURFACE MINE, Madison, WV: NPDES WV1016679 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NORTH RIDGE SURFACE MINE, held by ERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1016679, which discharges to Horse Ck/Ll Coal Rv. EPA’s file records it issued April 19, 2018 and expiring April 17, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedNORTH RIDGE SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC.
NPDES IDWV1016679
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 19, 2018
Expiration dateApril 17, 2023
AddressMadison, WV 25130
Receiving waterHORSE CK/LL COAL RV
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedBig Horse Creek (HUC 050500090501)

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 recoverable301,01534April 30, 2024244% over the limit
Solids, total suspended246161June 30, 202440% over the limit
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]331,0320
Aluminum, total [as Al]321,0230
Manganese, total [as Mn]321,0200
Iron, total [as Fe]311,0140
Specific conductance299700
Sulfate, total [as SO4]299700
Solids, total dissolved299700
pH269330
Solids, settleable138750
Flow rate144080
Stream flow, instantaneous82800
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]02160
Acidity-mineral methyl orange [as CaCO3]280

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 WV1016679.

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 14, 2026.