Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM080425
ENGLISH BRANCH PREP PLANT, Pilgrims Knob, VA: NPDES VAM080425 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ENGLISH BRANCH PREP PLANT, held by SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA MINING COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit VAM080425. EPA’s file records it issued May 18, 2020 and expiring December 22, 2023. 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 filed | ENGLISH BRANCH PREP PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA MINING COMPANY, LLC |
| NPDES ID | VAM080425 |
| 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 | May 18, 2020 |
| Expiration date | December 22, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Pilgrims Knob, VA |
| Subwatershed | Lower Dismal Creek (HUC 050702020104) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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, total suspended | 12 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 2024 | 161% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 1 | 1 | January 31, 2024 | |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 12 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 12 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 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 VAM080425.
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.