Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WV1020366
WV 3 SURFACE MINE & HAULROAD, Ashland, KY: NPDES WV1020366 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WV 3 SURFACE MINE & HAULROAD, held by GREENTHORN, LLC, holds NPDES permit WV1020366, which discharges to Guyandotte Rv. EPA’s file records it issued July 16, 2012 and expiring November 30, 2015. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WV 3 SURFACE MINE & HAULROAD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GREENTHORN, LLC |
| NPDES ID | WV1020366 |
| 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 | July 16, 2012 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2015 |
| Address | Ashland, KY 41102 |
| Receiving water | GUYANDOTTE RV |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Island Creek (HUC 050701010402) |
| SIC | 1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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] | 111 | 5,610 | 18 | January 31, 2024 | 13,199% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 90 | 4,540 | 13 | May 31, 2020 | 6,151% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 111 | 5,538 | 12 | May 31, 2020 | 1,102% over the limit |
| pH | 82 | 4,087 | 2 | May 31, 2016 | |
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 111 | 5,555 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 111 | 5,520 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 111 | 5,452 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 111 | 5,335 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 102 | 5,082 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 86 | 4,586 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 62 | 3,262 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 0 | 1,637 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 12 | 860 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 6 | 441 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 6 | 393 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total [as Na] | 6 | 390 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total [as Mg] | 6 | 324 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total [as Ca] | 6 | 321 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 3 | 249 | 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 WV1020366.
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 October 14, 2026.