Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0050351

JEWELL COKE COMPANY COKE PLANTS 2 AND 3, Vansant, VA: NPDES VA0050351 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

JEWELL COKE COMPANY COKE PLANTS 2 AND 3, held by Jewell Coke Company, L.P., holds NPDES permit VA0050351, which discharges to Levisa Fork-Prater Creek. EPA’s file records it issued November 20, 2020 and expiring November 30, 2025.

JEWELL COKE COMPANY COKE PLANTS 2 AND 3, Vansant, Virginia: Individual permit VA0050351, held by Jewell Coke Company, L.P.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued November 20, 2020, term to November 30, 2025, by VA DEQ; discharges to Levisa Fork-Prater Creek; All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing.

Solids, settleable: 5 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 6 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2020, largest 46,100% over the limit.
pH: 12 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 12 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 6 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total recoverable: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Aluminum, total recoverable: 5 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

December 6, 2024: Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass (ST6).

Other permits held by Jewell Coke Company, L.P.

SUNCOKE ENERGY JEWELL OPERATIONS - CENTRAL MAINT, Vansant: VAR052201, issued July 1, 2019

JEWELL COKE COMPANY COKE PLANTS 2 AND 3 among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 27 discharge permits in the Lower Dismal Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702020104), VA0050351 among them. Its county holds 14, 1 of them major permits; VA0050351 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Lower Dismal Creek subwatershed (HUC 050702020104)

BUCHANAN CNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - TWIN VALLEY H S STP, Pilgrims Knob: VA0068438, minor permit, discharging to Lower Dismal Creek, permit term to October 31, 2024
COOK KEVIN STP, Oakwood: VAG400413, minor permit, discharging to Lower Dismal Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
DISMAL RIVER TERMINAL, Oakwood: VAR052488, minor permit, discharging to Lower Dismal Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
DISMAL RIVER TERMINAL - VP1 COKE STORAGE AREA, Oakwood: VAR052504, minor permit, discharging to Lower Dismal Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024
ENGLISH BRANCH PREP PLANT, Pilgrims Knob: VAM080425, minor permit, permit term to December 22, 2023
HARPERS BRANCH REFUSE FACILITY, Vansant: VAM080426, minor permit, permit term to December 22, 2023
JAWBONE MINE NO. 1, Pilgrims Knob: VAM082397, minor permit, permit term to September 16, 2030
JEWELL COAL AND COKE CO-3 SIDE LUNCHROOM STP, Oakwood: VAG409102, minor permit, discharging to Lower Dismal Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
JEWELL COAL AND COKE PROCESSING AND TRANSFER, Oakwood: VAG400921, minor permit, discharging to Lower Dismal Creek, permit term to July 31, 2026
JEWELL COKE COMPANY - PATTERSON STOCK PILE, Oakwood: VAR052481, minor permit, discharging to Lower Dismal Creek, permit term to June 30, 2024

Identity

Facility as filed	JEWELL COKE COMPANY COKE PLANTS 2 AND 3
Permittee as filed	Jewell Coke Company, L.P.
NPDES ID	VA0050351
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	November 20, 2020
Expiration date	November 30, 2025
Issuing agency	VA DEQ
Address	Vansant, VA 24656
Receiving water	Levisa Fork-Prater Creek
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Lower Dismal Creek (HUC 050702020104)
NAICS	324199 – All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
SIC	3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source VA0000005102700004

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
1With 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
Solids, settleable	5	7	6	February 29, 2020	46,100% over the limit
pH	12	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	12	0	0
Solids, total suspended	6	0	0
Zinc, total recoverable	5	0	0
Aluminum, total recoverable	5	0	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

1Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
December 6, 2024	Effluent Violations - Unapproved Bypass	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES VA0050351.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES VA0050351.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES VA0050351 for Jewell Coke Company, L.P.'s JEWELL COKE COMPANY COKE PLANTS 2 AND 3 in Vansant, VA, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger. The page lists 6 for discharger class, 1 pollutant under a numeric limit, and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.