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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1021249

PUNCHEONCAMP THIN SEAM MINE, Beckley, WV: NPDES WV1021249 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PUNCHEONCAMP THIN SEAM MINE, held by KENTUCKY FUEL CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit WV1021249, which discharges to Puncheon Camp Br/Browns Ck. EPA’s file records it issued February 10, 2015 and expiring February 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 filedPUNCHEONCAMP THIN SEAM MINE
Permittee as filedKENTUCKY FUEL CORPORATION
NPDES IDWV1021249
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
IssuedFebruary 10, 2015
Expiration dateFebruary 9, 2020
AddressBeckley, WV 25802
Receiving waterPUNCHEON CAMP BR/BROWNS CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedIndian Creek (HUC 050701010305)

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
Solids, total dissolved458700
Iron, total [as Fe]458190
pH458160
Sulfate, total [as SO4]458100
Aluminum, total [as Al]458040
Specific conductance457470
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]457140
Manganese, total [as Mn]457110
Solids, total suspended244350
Flow rate162900
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]212790
Stream flow, instantaneous141900
Solids, settleable81480

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1021249.

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 WV1021249.

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.