Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1024256
TOTTEN RIDGE SURFACE MINE NO. 1, Welch, WV: NPDES WV1024256 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOTTEN RIDGE SURFACE MINE NO. 1, held by WELLSTON COAL, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1024256, which discharges to South Fk/Tug Fk. EPA’s file records it issued June 19, 2013 and expiring June 19, 2018. 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 | TOTTEN RIDGE SURFACE MINE NO. 1 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WELLSTON COAL, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1024256 |
| 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 | June 19, 2013 |
| Expiration date | June 19, 2018 |
| Address | Welch, WV 24801 |
| Receiving water | SOUTH FK/TUG FK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Fork Tug Fork-Tug Fork (HUC 050702010201) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 171 | 13,710 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 171 | 13,710 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 171 | 13,710 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 171 | 13,710 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 171 | 13,710 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 171 | 13,710 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 171 | 13,710 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 171 | 11,766 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 138 | 9,510 | 0 | ||
| pH | 114 | 9,140 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 56 | 5,656 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 58 | 3,484 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 55 | 3,128 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 54 | 1,476 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 54 | 1,476 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 54 | 1,476 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 54 | 1,476 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 48 | 1,344 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 54 | 342 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 9 | 297 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1024256.
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 WV1024256.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.