Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM081823
ROCKHOUSE HIGHWALL/SURFACE MINE, Stacy, VA: NPDES VAM081823 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROCKHOUSE HIGHWALL/SURFACE MINE, held by NORTON COAL COMPANY, LLC, holds NPDES permit VAM081823. EPA’s file records it issued March 24, 2020 and expiring January 13, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
What the register holds for ROCKHOUSE HIGHWALL/SURFACE MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Stacy, Virginia, and 7 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAM081823.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ROCKHOUSE HIGHWALL/SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NORTON COAL COMPANY, LLC |
| NPDES ID | VAM081823 |
| 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 24, 2020 |
| Expiration date | January 13, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Stacy, VA |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Right Fork-Knox Creek (HUC 050702010304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under 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 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total [as Mn] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 10 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAM081823.
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 VAM081823.
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 September 15, 2026.