Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1019163
EDWIGHT SURFACE MINE, Naoma, WV: NPDES WV1019163 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EDWIGHT SURFACE MINE, held by ALEX ENERGY, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1019163, which discharges to Coal Rv. EPA’s file records it issued January 17, 2014 and expiring January 17, 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 | EDWIGHT SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ALEX ENERGY, INC. |
| NPDES ID | WV1019163 |
| 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 | January 17, 2014 |
| Expiration date | January 17, 2019 |
| Address | Naoma, WV 25140 |
| Receiving water | COAL RV |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Middle Marsh Fork (HUC 050500090203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 126 | 2,527 | 7 | January 31, 2025 | 1,215% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 124 | 2,479 | 4 | January 31, 2025 | 595% over the limit |
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 126 | 2,523 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 126 | 2,520 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 126 | 2,511 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 126 | 2,510 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 126 | 2,507 | 0 | ||
| pH | 108 | 2,191 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 105 | 2,079 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 69 | 1,695 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 70 | 1,408 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 30 | 634 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 14 | 296 | 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 WV1019163.
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.