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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1030329

REEDY BRANCH SOUTH SURFACE MINE, Coal Mountain, WV: NPDES WV1030329 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

REEDY BRANCH SOUTH SURFACE MINE, held by BD ENERGY, LP, holds NPDES permit WV1030329, which discharges to Clear Fk. EPA’s file records it issued June 7, 2022 and expiring June 2, 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 filedREEDY BRANCH SOUTH SURFACE MINE
Permittee as filedBD ENERGY, LP
NPDES IDWV1030329
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 7, 2022
Expiration dateJune 2, 2027
AddressCoal Mountain, WV 24823
Receiving waterCLEAR FK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedOutlet Clear Fork (HUC 050701010203)

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
Iron, total [as Fe]1171132February 28, 2025925% over the limit
Aluminum, total [as Al]1171132February 28, 20251,179% over the limit
Specific conductance1171110
Sulfate, total [as SO4]1171110
Selenium, total recoverable1171110
Manganese, total [as Mn]1171110
Aluminum, dissolved [as Al]1171110
Solids, total dissolved1171110
Solids, total suspended1081020
pH78740
Flow rate68680
Solids, settleable34470
Stream flow, instantaneous1060
Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3]930
Calcium, total [as Ca]930
Magnesium, total [as Mg]930
Sodium, total [as Na]930
Potassium, total [as K]930
Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia300

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 WV1030329.

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.