Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM080582
DARBY SEAM MINE, Monarch, VA: NPDES VAM080582 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DARBY SEAM MINE, held by BLUEGRASS NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC, holds NPDES permit VAM080582. EPA’s file records it issued August 30, 2022 and expiring July 18, 2024. 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 | DARBY SEAM MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BLUEGRASS NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC |
| NPDES ID | VAM080582 |
| 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 | August 30, 2022 |
| Expiration date | July 18, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Monarch, VA |
| Subwatershed | Stone Creek (HUC 060102060203) |
| SIC | 1222 – Bituminous Coal - Underground |
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
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 1With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 dissolved [TDS] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAM080582.
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 VAM080582.
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.