Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM080822
MINE #1, Clinchco, VA: NPDES VAM080822 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MINE #1, held by K. M. H. ENERGY CORPORATION, holds NPDES permit VAM080822. EPA’s file records it issued February 21, 2023 and expiring February 25, 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 | MINE #1 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | K. M. H. ENERGY CORPORATION |
| NPDES ID | VAM080822 |
| 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 | February 21, 2023 |
| Expiration date | February 25, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Clinchco, VA |
| Subwatershed | Big Branch-Mcclure River (HUC 050702020304) |
| SIC | 1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 5With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 | 3 | 2 | 2 | August 31, 2025 | 223% over the limit |
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 3 | 2 | 2 | February 28, 2025 | 40% over the limit |
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 3 | 31 | 1 | June 30, 2026 | 58% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 3 | 108 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 3 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 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 VAM080822.
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.