Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1025384
RALPH SIX SURFACE MINE, Grant Town, WV: NPDES WV1025384 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 29Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RALPH SIX SURFACE MINE, held by LP MINERAL, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1025384, which discharges to Pawpaw Ck. EPA’s file records it issued January 10, 2018 and expiring January 8, 2023. 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 | RALPH SIX SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | LP MINERAL, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1025384 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 10, 2018 |
| Expiration date | January 8, 2023 |
| Address | Grant Town, WV 26574 |
| Receiving water | PAWPAW CK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Paw Paw Creek (HUC 050200030301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 29Under a numeric limit
- 29With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 238 | 4 | April 30, 2023 | 120% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 9 | 453 | 2 | March 31, 2023 | 125% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 8 | 450 | 2 | March 31, 2023 | 544% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 297 | 1 | May 31, 2020 | |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 9 | 468 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 9 | 466 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 9 | 465 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 9 | 463 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 9 | 462 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 9 | 462 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 9 | 462 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 9 | 462 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 9 | 462 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 9 | 462 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 9 | 462 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 9 | 462 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total [as Sb] | 9 | 462 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 9 | 462 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 9 | 459 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 8 | 451 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 9 | 450 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 7 | 441 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 7 | 439 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 7 | 439 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 12 | 420 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 154 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 4 | 142 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 78 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, dissolved [as Mn] | 3 | 33 | 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 WV1025384.
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.