Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM080809
ST. CHARLES MINE, St. Charles, VA: NPDES VAM080809 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ST. CHARLES MINE, held by BLACKJEWEL L.L.C., holds NPDES permit VAM080809. EPA’s file records it issued November 12, 2024 and expiring February 10, 2026. 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 | ST. CHARLES MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BLACKJEWEL L.L.C. |
| NPDES ID | VAM080809 |
| 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 12, 2024 |
| Expiration date | February 10, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | St. Charles, 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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 6With 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 | 9 | 12 | 2 | June 30, 2026 | 186% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 9 | 11 | 2 | January 31, 2026 | 38% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||
| pH | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 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 VAM080809.
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.