Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM080883
CAVENGER HOLLOW SURFACE MINE, Pound, VA: NPDES VAM080883 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CAVENGER HOLLOW SURFACE MINE, held by AMBROSE BRANCH COAL COMPANY, INC., holds NPDES permit VAM080883. EPA’s file records it issued March 13, 2017 and expiring August 26, 2021. 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.
What the register holds for CAVENGER HOLLOW SURFACE MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Pound, Virginia, and 6 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAM080883.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CAVENGER HOLLOW SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | AMBROSE BRANCH COAL COMPANY, INC. |
| NPDES ID | VAM080883 |
| 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 | March 13, 2017 |
| Expiration date | August 26, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Pound, VA |
| Subwatershed | Indian Creek-Pound River (HUC 050702020502) |
| 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
- 6Pollutants on file
- 6Under a numeric limit
- 0With 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 suspended | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAM080883.
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 VAM080883.
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.