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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1020111

ALMA MINE NO.1, UPPER CEDAR GROVE NO.2, Logan, WV: NPDES WV1020111 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ALMA MINE NO.1, UPPER CEDAR GROVE NO.2, held by ARACOMA COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1020111, which discharges to Guyandotte Rv. EPA’s file records it issued April 6, 2018 and expiring April 5, 2023. 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 filedALMA MINE NO.1, UPPER CEDAR GROVE NO.2
Permittee as filedARACOMA COAL COMPANY, LLC
NPDES IDWV1020111
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 6, 2018
Expiration dateApril 5, 2023
AddressLogan, WV 25654
Receiving waterGUYANDOTTE RV
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedRum Creek-Guyandotte River (HUC 050701010507)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Iron, total [as Fe]147462August 31, 2022144% over the limit
Manganese, total [as Mn]157530
Aluminum, total [as Al]157530
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]157530
Specific conductance137320
Sulfate, total [as SO4]137320
Solids, total dissolved137320
Solids, settleable96360
pH126280
Solids, total suspended135750
Flow rate63120
Stream flow, instantaneous41880
Selenium, total recoverable151380
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C41040
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]41040
Chlorine, total residual3780
Coliform, fecal general2520
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1260
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1260

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV1020111.

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.