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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1022717

LOWER CEDAR GROVE MINE NO. 2, Gilbert, WV: NPDES WV1022717 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LOWER CEDAR GROVE MINE NO. 2, held by HAMPDEN COAL, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1022717, which discharges to Left Fk/Rich Ck. EPA’s file records it issued February 13, 2018 and expiring February 8, 2023. 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 filedLOWER CEDAR GROVE MINE NO. 2
Permittee as filedHAMPDEN COAL, LLC
NPDES IDWV1022717
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 13, 2018
Expiration dateFebruary 8, 2023
AddressGilbert, WV 25621
Receiving waterLEFT FK/RICH CK
SubwatershedRum Creek-Guyandotte River (HUC 050701010507)

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
Aluminum, total [as Al]188024February 29, 2016228% over the limit
Solids, total suspended125654February 29, 201620% over the limit
Manganese, total [as Mn]187980
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]187980
Iron, total [as Fe]167870
Specific conductance167810
Sulfate, total [as SO4]167810
Solids, total dissolved167810
pH127180
Solids, settleable125700
Stream flow, instantaneous45580
Flow rate83740
Selenium, total recoverable0590

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 WV1022717.

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.