Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1018736
PAYNE BRANCH SURFACE MINE, Beckley, WV: NPDES WV1018736 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PAYNE BRANCH SURFACE MINE, held by BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit WV1018736, which discharges to Guyandotte Rv. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2010 and expiring January 31, 2015. 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 | PAYNE BRANCH SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BLUESTONE COAL CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | WV1018736 |
| 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 | July 20, 2010 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2015 |
| Address | Beckley, WV 25801 |
| Receiving water | GUYANDOTTE RV |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Pinnacle Creek (HUC 050701010302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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] | 24 | 935 | 5 | May 31, 2026 | 82% over the limit |
| pH | 23 | 791 | 2 | February 28, 2023 | |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 24 | 862 | 1 | January 31, 2024 | 46% over the limit |
| Specific conductance | 0 | 957 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 0 | 957 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 24 | 936 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 24 | 840 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 558 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 6 | 477 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 405 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 8 | 376 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 8 | 196 | 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 WV1018736.
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.