Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1020234
HEWITT CREEK SURFACE MINE NO. 1, Madison, WV: NPDES WV1020234 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HEWITT CREEK SURFACE MINE NO. 1, held by ERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1020234, which discharges to Little Coal Rv. EPA’s file records it issued March 10, 2015 and expiring March 9, 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 | HEWITT CREEK SURFACE MINE NO. 1 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC. |
| NPDES ID | WV1020234 |
| 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 | March 10, 2015 |
| Expiration date | March 9, 2020 |
| Address | Madison, WV 25130 |
| Receiving water | LITTLE COAL RV |
| Subwatershed | Upper Little Coal River (HUC 050500090502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 | 143 | 2,406 | 122 | April 30, 2026 | 294% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 72 | 1,512 | 4 | September 30, 2024 | 153% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 56 | 2 | September 30, 2022 | 1,851% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 116 | 2,304 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 116 | 2,285 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 116 | 2,284 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 116 | 2,284 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 116 | 2,276 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 116 | 2,274 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 102 | 2,021 | 0 | ||
| pH | 96 | 1,900 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 54 | 1,136 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 29 | 1,120 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 24 | 400 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 9 | 141 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 9 | 141 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 9 | 141 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 9 | 141 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 6 | 96 | 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 WV1020234.
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.