Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1018906
PAYNTER BRANCH NORTH SURFACE MINE., Charleston, WV: NPDES WV1018906 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PAYNTER BRANCH NORTH SURFACE MINE., held by PAYNTER BRANCH MINING, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1018906, which discharges to Guyandotte Rv. EPA’s file records it issued September 22, 2014 and expiring September 22, 2019. 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 | PAYNTER BRANCH NORTH SURFACE MINE. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PAYNTER BRANCH MINING, INC. |
| NPDES ID | WV1018906 |
| 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 | September 22, 2014 |
| Expiration date | September 22, 2019 |
| Address | Charleston, WV 25331 |
| Receiving water | GUYANDOTTE RV |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Huff Creek (HUC 050701010504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 72 | 938 | 14 | November 30, 2024 | 183% over the limit |
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 27 | 11 | December 31, 2025 | 50% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 84 | 1,166 | 7 | April 30, 2021 | 85% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 84 | 1,122 | 4 | March 31, 2023 | 145% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 84 | 1,131 | 3 | March 31, 2023 | 50% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 68 | 1,691 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 84 | 1,128 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 84 | 1,128 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 84 | 1,108 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 83 | 1,096 | 0 | ||
| pH | 56 | 958 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 48 | 736 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 8 | 162 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 83 | 100 | 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 WV1018906.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.