Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1020978
MINE NO. 3 CHILTON A MINE, Madison, WV: NPDES WV1020978 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MINE NO. 3 CHILTON A MINE, held by ERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC., holds NPDES permit WV1020978, which discharges to Coal Rv. EPA’s file records it issued June 13, 2017 and expiring June 7, 2022. 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 filed | MINE NO. 3 CHILTON A MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ERP ENVIRONMENTAL FUND, INC. |
| NPDES ID | WV1020978 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 13, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 7, 2022 |
| Address | Madison, WV 25130 |
| Receiving water | COAL RV |
| Subwatershed | Spruce Laurel Fork (HUC 050500090301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 6 | 506 | 4 | April 30, 2022 | |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 9 | 642 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 9 | 642 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 8 | 608 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 7 | 574 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 7 | 574 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 396 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 4 | 284 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 218 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 144 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 46 | 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 WV1020978.
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.