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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1022156

WILDCAT NO. 2 SURFACE MINE, Charleston, Wv, WV: NPDES WV1022156 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WILDCAT NO. 2 SURFACE MINE, held by PANTHER CREEK MINING, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1022156, which discharges to Coal Fk/Cabin Ck. EPA’s file records it issued April 15, 2019 and expiring April 10, 2024. 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 filedWILDCAT NO. 2 SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedPANTHER CREEK MINING, LLC
NPDES IDWV1022156
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
IssuedApril 15, 2019
Expiration dateApril 10, 2024
AddressCharleston, Wv, WV 25309
Receiving waterCOAL FK/CABIN CK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedOutlet Cabin Creek (HUC 050500060202)

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
Manganese, total [as Mn]1537,2990
Aluminum, total [as Al]1567,2960
Iron, total [as Fe]1567,2950
Selenium, total recoverable1477,2930
Specific conductance1507,2910
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]1537,2750
Sulfate, total [as SO4]1537,1530
Solids, total dissolved1537,1170
pH1027,0710
Solids, total suspended1606,1160
Flow rate744,0540
Solids, settleable422,2670
Stream flow, instantaneous268100
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]183540
Calcium, total [as Ca]183540
Magnesium, total [as Mg]183540
Sodium, total [as Na]183540
Potassium, total [as K]183540
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia91200
Chloride [as Cl]330

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1022156.

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 WV1022156.

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.