Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1018973
BIG BR. FINE COAL REFUSE DISPO, Pineville, WV: NPDES WV1018973 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG BR. FINE COAL REFUSE DISPO, held by KEPLER PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1018973, which discharges to Guyandotte Rv. EPA’s file records it issued October 23, 2020 and expiring October 20, 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 BR. FINE COAL REFUSE DISPO |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | KEPLER PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1018973 |
| 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 | October 23, 2020 |
| Expiration date | October 20, 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
- 18Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 21 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 21 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 21 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 19 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 18 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 18 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 18 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 12 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 12 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 12 | 75 | 0 | ||
| pH | 14 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 9 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 9 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 12 | 36 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 12 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1018973.
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 WV1018973.
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.