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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1028294

MINE NO. 17, Dorothy, WV: NPDES WV1028294 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MINE NO. 17, held by ELK RUN COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1028294, which discharges to Dow Fk. EPA’s file records it issued July 20, 2021 and expiring July 12, 2026. 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 filedMINE NO. 17
Permittee as filedELK RUN COAL COMPANY, LLC
NPDES IDWV1028294
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 20, 2021
Expiration dateJuly 12, 2026
AddressDorothy, WV 25048
Receiving waterDOW FK
SubwatershedOutlet Clear Fork (HUC 050500090102)

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 conductance9960
Sulfate, total [as SO4]9960
Selenium, total recoverable9960
Iron, total [as Fe]9960
Manganese, total [as Mn]9960
Aluminum, total [as Al]9960
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]9960
Solids, total dissolved9960
pH6640
Solids, total suspended3480
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]0480
Stream flow, instantaneous4320
Flow rate2320
Solids, settleable1160

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1028294.

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 WV1028294.

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.