Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1019601
RIGHT FORK SURFACE MINE, Summersville, WV: NPDES WV1019601 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RIGHT FORK SURFACE MINE, held by ALEX ENERGY, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1019601, which discharges to Sugarcamp Br/Twentymile Ck. EPA’s file records it issued April 3, 2015 and expiring April 1, 2020. 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 | RIGHT FORK SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ALEX ENERGY, INC. |
| NPDES ID | WV1019601 |
| 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 3, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 1, 2020 |
| Address | Summersville, WV 26651 |
| Receiving water | SUGARCAMP BR/TWENTYMILE CK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Twentymile Creek (HUC 050500050701) |
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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selenium, total recoverable | 21 | 173 | 7 | February 28, 2019 | 47% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 18 | 167 | 2 | August 31, 2016 | 32% over the limit |
| pH | 19 | 338 | 1 | June 30, 2024 | |
| Specific conductance | 18 | 346 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 18 | 165 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 18 | 165 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 18 | 161 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 18 | 157 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 18 | 157 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 123 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 10 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 84 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N] | 3 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 33 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 3 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 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 WV1019601.
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.