Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES VAM082081
ROCKHOUSE SOUTH SURFACE MINE, Stacy, VA: NPDES VAM082081 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 4Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROCKHOUSE SOUTH SURFACE MINE, held by THE BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY, holds NPDES permit VAM082081. EPA’s file records it issued October 16, 2017 and expiring March 1, 2022. 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 ROCKHOUSE SOUTH SURFACE MINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Stacy, Virginia, and 4 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES VAM082081.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ROCKHOUSE SOUTH SURFACE MINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | THE BLACK DIAMOND COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | VAM082081 |
| 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 | October 16, 2017 |
| Expiration date | March 1, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | VA DMME |
| Address | Stacy, VA |
| Subwatershed | Slate Creek (HUC 050702020106) |
| 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
- 4Pollutants on file
- 4Under 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, settleable | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 24 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES VAM082081.
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 VAM082081.
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.