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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1026607

ZACK'S BRANCH NO. 1, North Springs, WV: NPDES WV1026607 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ZACK'S BRANCH NO. 1, held by S & M MINING CONSULTANTS LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1026607, which discharges to Tug Fk. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2013 and expiring December 20, 2018. 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 filedZACK'S BRANCH NO. 1
Permittee as filedS & M MINING CONSULTANTS LLC
NPDES IDWV1026607
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 20, 2013
Expiration dateDecember 20, 2018
AddressNorth Springs, WV 24869
Receiving waterTUG FK
SubwatershedBull Creek-Tug Fork (HUC 050702010301)

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
Manganese, total [as Mn]188910
Aluminum, total [as Al]188910
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]188910
Specific conductance188290
Sulfate, total [as SO4]188290
Iron, total [as Fe]188290
Solids, total dissolved188290
pH125940
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]125070
Solids, total suspended125070
Calcium, total [as Ca]125070
Magnesium, total [as Mg]125070
Sodium, total [as Na]125070
Potassium, total [as K]125070
Solids, settleable63840
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]92970
Flow rate42560
Stream flow, instantaneous42560
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia6990

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1026607.

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 WV1026607.

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.