Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1029401
HARTRIDGE SURFACE MINE NO. 1, Mill Creek, WV: NPDES WV1029401 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HARTRIDGE SURFACE MINE NO. 1, held by CARTER ROAG COAL COMPANY, holds NPDES permit WV1029401, which discharges to Left Fk/Buckhannon Rv. EPA’s file records it issued January 29, 2020 and expiring January 23, 2025. 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 filed | HARTRIDGE SURFACE MINE NO. 1 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CARTER ROAG COAL COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | WV1029401 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 29, 2020 |
| Expiration date | January 23, 2025 |
| Address | Mill Creek, WV 26280 |
| Receiving water | LEFT FK/BUCKHANNON RV |
| Subwatershed | Left Fork Buckhannon River (HUC 050200010301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 1With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 52 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2026 | 275% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 72 | 216 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 26 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 72 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 72 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES WV1029401.
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.