Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM081581
WAR CREEK MINE #1, Harman, VA: NPDES VAM081581 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 6Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WAR CREEK MINE #1, held by BLACK RIVER COAL, LLC, holds NPDES permit VAM081581. EPA’s file records it issued September 11, 2017 and expiring November 12, 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WAR CREEK MINE #1 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BLACK RIVER COAL, LLC |
| NPDES ID | VAM081581 |
| 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 | September 11, 2017 |
| Expiration date | November 12, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Harman, VA |
| Subwatershed | Laurel Branch-Indian Creek (HUC 060102050103) |
| 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
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 12 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 9 | 36 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAM081581.
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 VAM081581.
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.