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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1027069

BUFFALO COAL COMPANY, INC., Mt Storm, WV: NPDES WV1027069 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BUFFALO COAL COMPANY, INC., held by WVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION, holds NPDES permit WV1027069, which discharges to Helmick Rn. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 2018 and expiring June 4, 2023. 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 filedBUFFALO COAL COMPANY, INC.
Permittee as filedWVDEP OFFICE OF SPECIAL RECLAMATION
NPDES IDWV1027069
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedAugust 2, 2018
Expiration dateJune 4, 2023
AddressMt Storm, WV 26739
Receiving waterHELMICK RN
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedMount Storm Lake-Stony River (HUC 020700020202)

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]4164156May 31, 20262,295% over the limit
Iron, total [as Fe]61582July 31, 2019125% over the limit
pH41051November 30, 2015
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]61560
Aluminum, total recoverable01380
Flow rate41040
Solids, settleable2520

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 WV1027069.

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.