Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1018582
BULL CREEK SURFACE MINE NO. 1, Mohawk, WV: NPDES WV1018582 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BULL CREEK SURFACE MINE NO. 1, held by CM MINING LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1018582, which discharges to Bull Ck. EPA’s file records it issued April 8, 2019 and expiring March 27, 2024. 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 filed | BULL CREEK SURFACE MINE NO. 1 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CM MINING LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1018582 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 8, 2019 |
| Expiration date | March 27, 2024 |
| Address | Mohawk, WV 24846 |
| Receiving water | BULL CK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Bull Creek-Tug Fork (HUC 050702010301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selenium, total recoverable | 72 | 2,214 | 21 | February 28, 2019 | 103% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 69 | 2,069 | 11 | April 30, 2026 | 362% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 57 | 1,645 | 7 | April 30, 2026 | 347% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 69 | 1,568 | 2 | February 29, 2016 | 112% over the limit |
| Specific conductance | 69 | 2,640 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 69 | 2,058 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 69 | 2,052 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 69 | 2,010 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 69 | 1,971 | 0 | ||
| pH | 56 | 1,838 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 42 | 1,303 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 36 | 1,074 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 12 | 390 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 99 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 3 | 99 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 78 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 4 | 18 | 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 WV1018582.
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.