Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1021338
BIG BRANCH HIGHWALL MINE (POCA. NO. 12), Beckley, WV: NPDES WV1021338 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BIG BRANCH HIGHWALL MINE (POCA. NO. 12), held by JUSTICE HIGHWALL MINING, INC, holds NPDES permit WV1021338, which discharges to Tug Fk. EPA’s file records it issued April 19, 2013 and expiring April 18, 2018. 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 | BIG BRANCH HIGHWALL MINE (POCA. NO. 12) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | JUSTICE HIGHWALL MINING, INC |
| NPDES ID | WV1021338 |
| 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 | April 19, 2013 |
| Expiration date | April 18, 2018 |
| Address | Beckley, WV 25802 |
| Receiving water | TUG FK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Elkhorn Creek (HUC 050702010202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 104 | 2,971 | 2 | February 28, 2019 | 129% over the limit |
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 144 | 4,689 | 0 | ||
| pH | 140 | 4,629 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 147 | 4,548 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 144 | 4,435 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 140 | 4,367 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 140 | 4,337 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 140 | 4,316 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 140 | 4,310 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 74 | 2,136 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 144 | 1,868 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 37 | 1,069 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 24 | 916 | 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 WV1021338.
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.