Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1024710
OPUS HIGHWALL MINE NO. 2, Charleston, WV: NPDES WV1024710 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OPUS HIGHWALL MINE NO. 2, held by WWMV, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1024710, which discharges to Bradley Fk. EPA’s file records it issued January 24, 2012 and expiring January 24, 2016. 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 | OPUS HIGHWALL MINE NO. 2 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WWMV, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1024710 |
| 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 | January 24, 2012 |
| Expiration date | January 24, 2016 |
| Address | Charleston, WV 25304 |
| Receiving water | BRADLEY FK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Fields Creek-Kanawha River (HUC 050500060403) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 72 | 3,204 | 6 | February 28, 2018 | 42% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 72 | 3,199 | 1 | November 30, 2015 | 4% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 72 | 3,198 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 72 | 3,198 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 72 | 3,196 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 72 | 3,196 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 72 | 3,196 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 54 | 2,400 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 54 | 2,400 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 54 | 2,400 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 54 | 2,400 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 51 | 2,268 | 0 | ||
| pH | 48 | 2,132 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 39 | 1,725 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 26 | 1,150 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 22 | 982 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 13 | 681 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 26 | 495 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 0 | 30 | 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 WV1024710.
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.