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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1028863

TOMS FORK CONTOUR SURFACE MINE, Eskdale, WV: NPDES WV1028863 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

TOMS FORK CONTOUR SURFACE MINE, held by PANTHER CREEK MINING, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1028863, which discharges to Left Fk/Laurel Fk. EPA’s file records it issued January 27, 2017 and expiring January 26, 2022. 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 filedTOMS FORK CONTOUR SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedPANTHER CREEK MINING, LLC
NPDES IDWV1028863
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 27, 2017
Expiration dateJanuary 26, 2022
AddressEskdale, WV 25075
Receiving waterLEFT FK/LAUREL FK
SubwatershedOutlet Cabin Creek (HUC 050500060202)

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 conductance183060
Sulfate, total [as SO4]183060
Selenium, total recoverable183060
Iron, total [as Fe]183060
Manganese, total [as Mn]183060
Aluminum, total [as Al]183060
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]183060
Solids, total dissolved183060
pH122040
Solids, total suspended122040
Flow rate81360
Stream flow, instantaneous4680
Solids, settleable4680

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1028863.

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 WV1028863.

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.