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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1026801

MIDDLE RIDGE SURFACE MINE, Beckley, WV: NPDES WV1026801 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MIDDLE RIDGE SURFACE MINE, held by REPUBLIC ENERGY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1026801, which discharges to Clear Fk. EPA’s file records it issued October 14, 2020 and expiring October 5, 2025. 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 filedMIDDLE RIDGE SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedREPUBLIC ENERGY, LLC
NPDES IDWV1026801
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 14, 2020
Expiration dateOctober 5, 2025
AddressBeckley, WV 25801
Receiving waterCLEAR FK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedHeadwaters Clear Fork (HUC 050500090101)

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
Specific conductance2072,6520
Sulfate, total [as SO4]2072,6520
Selenium, total recoverable2072,6520
Iron, total [as Fe]2072,6520
Aluminum, total [as Al]2072,6520
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]2072,6520
Solids, total dissolved2072,6520
Manganese, total [as Mn]2072,5980
Solids, total suspended1651,8720
pH1381,7680
Flow rate1101,2480
Solids, settleable556240
Stream flow, instantaneous285200

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1026801.

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 WV1026801.

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.