Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1018493
BIG BRANCH COURSE COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY, Pineville, WV: NPDES WV1018493 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG BRANCH COURSE COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY, held by KEPLER PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1018493, which discharges to Guyandotte Rv. EPA’s file records it issued October 14, 2020 and expiring October 7, 2025. 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 filed | BIG BRANCH COURSE COAL REFUSE DISPOSAL FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | KEPLER PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1018493 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 14, 2020 |
| Expiration date | October 7, 2025 |
| Address | Pineville, WV 24874 |
| Receiving water | GUYANDOTTE RV |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Turkey Creek-Guyandotte River (HUC 050701010306) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 5 | 16 | 1 | January 31, 2017 | 29% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 246 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 6 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 6 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 6 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 5 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 5 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 5 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 2 | 0 | 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 WV1018493.
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.