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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1024868

CUB BRANCH SURFACE MINE, Stollings, WV: NPDES WV1024868 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CUB BRANCH SURFACE MINE, held by COAL-MAC LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1024868, which discharges to Dingess Rn. EPA’s file records it issued December 9, 2016 and expiring December 9, 2021. 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 filedCUB BRANCH SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedCOAL-MAC LLC
NPDES IDWV1024868
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
IssuedDecember 9, 2016
Expiration dateDecember 9, 2021
AddressStollings, WV 25646
Receiving waterDINGESS RN
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHeadwaters Spruce Fork (HUC 050500090302)

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]3306,48021August 31, 20231,035% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]3226,39616August 31, 2023424% over the limit
Selenium, total recoverable2736,4631August 31, 202317% over the limit
Solids, total suspended1805,2211July 31, 202226% over the limit
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia6371March 31, 202122% over the limit
Manganese, total [as Mn]3276,4620
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]2105,7600
Specific conductance2055,6810
Sulfate, total [as SO4]2055,6810
Solids, total dissolved2055,6810
pH1223,4960
Flow rate1123,3760
Solids, settleable601,7870
Stream flow, instantaneous284620
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]182280
Calcium, total [as Ca]182280
Magnesium, total [as Mg]182280
Sodium, total [as Na]182280
Potassium, total [as K]182280

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 WV1024868.

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.