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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1029118

SEWELL SURFACE MINE, Odd, WV: NPDES WV1029118 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SEWELL SURFACE MINE, held by BLUFF MOUNTAIN RESOURCES, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1029118, which discharges to Lefthand Fk/Bluff Fk. EPA’s file records it issued January 30, 2023 and expiring December 29, 2027. 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 filedSEWELL SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedBLUFF MOUNTAIN RESOURCES, LLC
NPDES IDWV1029118
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 30, 2023
Expiration dateDecember 29, 2027
AddressOdd, WV 25902
Receiving waterLEFTHAND FK/BLUFF FK
SubwatershedCamp Creek (HUC 050500020906)

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 conductance36360
Sulfate, total [as SO4]36360
Iron, total [as Fe]36360
Manganese, total [as Mn]36360
Aluminum, total [as Al]36360
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]36360
Solids, total dissolved36360
pH24240
Solids, total suspended24240
Flow rate16160
Stream flow, instantaneous880
Solids, settleable880
Turbidity660

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1029118.

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 WV1029118.

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.