Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM081788
CONVICT HOLLOW REMINING PERMIT, Maxie, VA: NPDES VAM081788 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CONVICT HOLLOW REMINING PERMIT, held by THE BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY, holds NPDES permit VAM081788. EPA’s file records it issued September 18, 2017 and expiring November 20, 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 | CONVICT HOLLOW REMINING PERMIT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | THE BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | VAM081788 |
| 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 18, 2017 |
| Expiration date | November 20, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Maxie, VA |
| Subwatershed | Home Creek-Levisa Fork (HUC 050702020201) |
| 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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 6With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 15 | 55 | 2 | October 31, 2023 | 426% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 15 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 15 | 51 | 0 | ||
| pH | 10 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 15 | 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 VAM081788.
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.