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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1020242

LOGGY BRANCH SURFACE MINE, Holden, WV: NPDES WV1020242 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LOGGY BRANCH SURFACE MINE, held by COAL-MAC LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1020242, which discharges to Elk Ck. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 2018 and expiring July 25, 2023. 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 filedLOGGY BRANCH SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedCOAL-MAC LLC
NPDES IDWV1020242
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 2, 2018
Expiration dateJuly 25, 2023
AddressHolden, WV 25625
Receiving waterELK CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHeadwaters Pigeon Creek (HUC 050702010401)

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
Specific conductance61,1430
Solids, total dissolved51,1430
Sulfate, total [as SO4]51,1370
pH101160
Selenium, total recoverable91020
Flow rate2770
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]0720
Solids, total suspended5630
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]2540
Iron, total [as Fe]6270
Manganese, total [as Mn]6270
Aluminum, total [as Al]6270
Solids, settleable1250
Stream flow, instantaneous5120
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C260
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]260
Nitrogen, nitrite total [as N]260
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]260
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]260
Selenium, dry weight240

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1020242.

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 WV1020242.

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.