Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VA0092878
PARAMONT CONTURA LLC -DEEP MINE 44 STP, Nora, VA: NPDES VA0092878 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PARAMONT CONTURA LLC -DEEP MINE 44 STP, held by Paramont Contura LLC, holds NPDES permit VA0092878, which discharges to Open Fork. EPA’s file records it issued April 16, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2025. 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 | PARAMONT CONTURA LLC -DEEP MINE 44 STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Paramont Contura LLC |
| NPDES ID | VA0092878 |
| 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 | April 16, 2020 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | VA DEQ |
| Address | Nora, VA 24272 |
| Receiving water | Open Fork |
| Subwatershed | Open Fork (HUC 050702020301) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 1 | 1 | November 30, 2017 | 40% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 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 VA0092878.
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.