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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1029860

POND CREEK DEEP MINE, Gilbert, WV: NPDES WV1029860 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

POND CREEK DEEP MINE, held by HAMPDEN COAL, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1029860, which discharges to Lefthand Fk/Harry Br. EPA’s file records it issued February 12, 2018 and expiring February 7, 2023. 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 filedPOND CREEK DEEP MINE
Permittee as filedHAMPDEN COAL, LLC
NPDES IDWV1029860
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedFebruary 12, 2018
Expiration dateFebruary 7, 2023
AddressGilbert, WV 25621
Receiving waterLEFTHAND FK/HARRY BR
SubwatershedBig Cub Creek-Guyandotte River (HUC 050701010503)

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
Manganese, total [as Mn]91500
Aluminum, total [as Al]91500
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]91500
Iron, total [as Fe]81490
pH61000
Stream flow, instantaneous2640
Specific conductance8560
Sulfate, total [as SO4]8560
Solids, total dissolved8560
Solids, total suspended6540
Flow rate4360
Solids, settleable2180

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES WV1029860.

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 WV1029860.

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.