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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1017977

UK NO.1, SOUTHEAST AREA DEEP MINES #1 UK; SOUTH RIDGE AREA DEE, Sutton, WV: NPDES WV1017977 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

UK NO.1, SOUTHEAST AREA DEEP MINES #1 UK; SOUTH RIDGE AREA DEE, held by BROOKS RUN MINING COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1017977, which discharges to Laurel Ck. EPA’s file records it issued May 31, 2013 and expiring May 30, 2018. 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 filedUK NO.1, SOUTHEAST AREA DEEP MINES #1 UK; SOUTH RIDGE AREA DEE
Permittee as filedBROOKS RUN MINING COMPANY, LLC
NPDES IDWV1017977
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 31, 2013
Expiration dateMay 30, 2018
AddressSutton, WV 26601
Receiving waterLAUREL CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedOutlet Laurel Creek (HUC 050500070202)

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 recoverable023436June 30, 2023350% over the limit
Aluminum, total [as Al]279994February 28, 2018116% over the limit
Solids, total suspended125232December 31, 2022114% over the limit
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]271,1970
Iron, total [as Fe]271,1330
Manganese, total [as Mn]271,1330
Specific conductance239970
Sulfate, total [as SO4]239970
Solids, total dissolved239970
pH249610
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]188770
Solids, settleable104280
Stream flow, instantaneous104240
Flow rate83600

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 WV1017977.

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.